We have measured pulmonary artery (PA) and left ventricular diastolic pressures (LVDP) in patients with acute myocardial infarction to establish the relationships of PA pressure to LVDP. Paired determinations for the various parameters showed (mean difference in mm Hg): left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP )LVDP pre-a + 7.9, P <0.001; LVEDP-mean PA wedge + 6.0, P < 0.001; mean PA wedg...

Based on the wave function expansion method, dynamic antiplane characteristics of a wedge-shaped quarter-space containing circular hole are studied in complex coordinate system. The medium is decomposed into two subregions along virtual boundary using region decomposition method. scattering field subregion I constructed by mirror and standing II fractional Bessel function. According to continui...

Radiographs of 110 patients who had undergone 120 high tibial osteotomies (60 closed-wedge, 60 open-wedge) were assessed for posterior tibial slope before and after operation, and before removal of the hardware. In the closed-wedge group the mean slope was 5.7 degrees (SD 3.8) before and 2.4 degrees (SD 3.9) immediately after operation, and 2.4 degrees (SD 3.4) before removal of the hardware. I...

S U M M A R Y Our understanding of mantle convection and the motion of plates depends intimately on our understanding of the viscosity structure of the mantle. While geoid and gravity observations have provided fundamental constraints on the radial viscosity structure of the mantle, the influence of short-wavelength variations in viscosity is still poorly understood. We present 2-D and 3-D fini...

In this paper we study the wedge disclination within the elastoplastic defect theory. Using the stress function method we found exact analytical solutions for all characteristic fields of a straight wedge disclination in a cylinder. The elastic stress, elastic strain, elastic bend-twist, displacement and rotation have no singularities at the disclination line. We found a modified stress functio...

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary aspergillosis is a devastating complication in immunocompromised patients. Timing of surgery is controversial and depends on the patients' general condition. METHODS From 2000 to 2007, 16 patients (mean age 47 years, range 20-64) underwent surgery for pulmonary aspergillosis. All patients were receiving immunosuppressive drugs due to chemotherapy of hematological malign...