Wood anatomy of the recently described Degeneria roseiflora differs from that of D. vitiensis by possessing narrower vessels, much thicker-walled vessels and fiber-tracheids, abundant uniseriate rays, and greater numbers of ethereal oil cells in rays. Because both large and smaller wood samples of D. vitiensis were studied, ontogenetic changes in the wood are presented and separated from those ...

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) has been attributed to the development of lethal dysrhythmias in coronary heart disease victims, and several recent autopsy surveys showed that 10 to 50% of SCD patients had unsuspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The present study concerned histopathological findings of the conduction system in 49 SCD (within six hours of the onset of acute symptoms) patients;...

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) has been attributed to the development of lethal dysrhythmias in coronary heart disease victims, and several recent autopsy surveys showed that 10 to 50% of SCD patients had unsuspected acute myocardial infaretion (AMI). The present study concerned histopathologic findings of the conduction system in 49 SCD (within six hours of the onset of acute symptoms) patients; 3...

Introduction: Galectin-3 is known as a biomarker in patients with heart failure. This protein participates in different mechanisms involved in atherosclerosis including inflammation and plaque formation. This study was conducted to investigate whether this factor could be a predictive biomarker for the severity of atherosclerosis. Materials and Methods: The study group consisted of 80 patients ...

Left bundle branch block (LBBB) poses some restriction on coronary artery disease (CAD) diagnosis with noninvasive diagnostic modalities. Objectives: Evaluating the role of 2-D speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) in CAD patients LBBB.

Coronary artery calcification quantification (scoring) has been done with electron beam CT (EBCT), but is now being done with spiral or helical CT. Many radiologists and cardiologists who do not have EBCT but do have access to spiral CT will now be able to do coronary artery calcification scoring, and will now need to know the spiral CT appearance of the coronary artery anatomy. This pictorial ...

Sekctive coronary artedography by the Judkins' technique cao he readily accomplished in dextrocprdin. CinersdialCrspbs should be obtained in tbe mirror image obliquities for each coronary vessel and card&c cbamher. To avoid any potentid error of identitication and interpretation of the coronary vessels, films could he reviewed in revenre fashion, which would project the cardiac stnretwesasiftbe...

As compared with the totality of congenital malformations of the heart, anomalies of the coronary vessels are relatively rare. In the literature, anomalous origin of these vessels has been taken adequately into account. Less emphasis has been laid, however, on conditions such as congenital aneurysms of the coronary arteries which probably occur more frequently than is commonly believed. The fol...