Letter: Local renal hypothermia.

Safety and feasibility of local myocardial hypothermia.

BACKGROUND In ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), reduction in time to reperfusion of the occluded coronary artery reduces infarct size. In animal models, an additional reduction of infarct size was observed when hypothermia was induced before reperfusion, despite a longer ischemic time. However, several human studies did not corroborate this positive effect, which is believed to be in ...

Effects of hypothermia on renal function.

T HE CARDIOVASCULAR effects of hypothermia in animals have been studied extensively. However, little information is available concerning the effects of hypothermia on renal function The present report is concerned with changes in filtration rate, renal blood flow and TrnPAH in the hypothermic dog. The effects of hypothermia on the renal excretion of water and electrolytes will be the subject of...

Delayed combination therapy of local brain hypothermia and decompressive craniectomy on acute stroke outcome in rat

Objective(s):Hypothermia and decompressive craniectomy (DC) have been shown to be neuroprotective. This study was designed to evaluate neuroprotective effects of delayed singular or combination of DC and local hypothermia on stroke. Materials and Methods: Cerebral ischemia was induced in 48 Wistar rats assigned to 4 groups: control, decompressive craniectomy (DC), local hypothermia (LH), combin...

A Letter from the Local Host

Tumescentless endovenous radiofrequency ablation with local hypothermia and compression technique

INTRODUCTION Modern surgical management of chronic venous insufficiency is possible since the development of catheter-based minimally invasive techniques, including radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and the application of colour Doppler sonography. RFA technology requires the use of tumescent anaesthesia, which prolongs the operating time. Instilling tumescent anaesthesia percutaneously below the s...