Coronary collaterals were reported improving symptoms as well as prognosis for patients with coronary artery disease. This study aimed to investigate whether traditional Chinese medicine Tongxinluo could stimulate coronary collateral growth in a pig acute myocardial infarction (AMI) model. The AMI model was established by surgically ligation of left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). Tw...

objective: despite development of new contraceptive methods, sterilization remained the most widely used method. our objective was to determine the factors contributing to decision making for tubal ligation in females. materials and methods: a cross sectional study was conducted in jinnah post graduate medical centre (jpmc) between march - november 2008. about 505 females using contraceptive me...

Free or eiisily extractable amino acids were determined by two-dimensional pnper chromatography in infarotcd and noninfarcted areas of the left ventricles of dog hearts after ligation of the anterior descending coronary artery. Changes in amino acid content in in fare ted areas were characterized by decreases in some of the major ninhydrin-reactive constituents and appeared coincidentally with ...

Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are rare and their management is controversial. Their incidence varies from 1,5% to 5% of the coronary angiographies, with predilection of the right coronary artery. Unruptured coronary aneurysms are often silent and may remain undiagnosed. The etiology can be either congenital or acquired. We describe a case of a left anterior descending artery (LAD) aneurysm t...

Introduction. I. Nutrition of the Blood Vessel 'Wall: Review of the Literature. II. The Response of the Rabbit's Carotid Artery to Injuries. Introduction. Material and Methods. The Effect of Double Ligation. The Effects of Injection of Streptococcus viridans and of Silica. The Effects of Injection of Tubercle Bacilli and of Colloidal Cholesterol. Discussion. III. Studies on Experimental Coronar...

Pathophysiological roles of apoptosis in post-infarction left ventricular (LV) remodeling have not been well characterized. This study showed that TUNEL- or cleaved caspase-3-positive myocytes were identified late after ligation of the left coronary artery in rats, suggesting that apoptotic myocyte death contributed to the morphological change associated with LV remodeling.