Platelets labeled with indium-I 11 have been used successfully as a marker of active thrombosis in man. To establish the diagnostic accuracy of platelet scintigraphy in comparison to contrast venography in the diagnosis of acute lower limb venous thrombosis, we evaluated 103 consecutive patients divided into two groups. Platelets were labeled by the indium-I 1 1 oxine method. Patients from grou...

THIS is the English edition (by Dr Gunn) of a detailed, step-by-step instruction manual for the full physical examination of patients. It is the product of Dr Lordwick and members of the "Skills Laboratory" of the Medical School in the University of Limburg, Holland. The basic aim is that students should acquire the medical skills of patient examination in a systematic and reasonably standardiz...

Percutaneous revascularization as an alternative to surgery in the management of peripheral vascular disease was first described in 1964 but gained little acceptance.' In 1974 the development of a doublelumen balloon catheter by Gruntzig and others made the technique a much more practical and effective one that has subsequently gained widespread acceptance.2 At first it was used in the peripher...

severe coronary artery disease often coexists with peripheral vascular atherosclerosis. the assessment of the supra-aortic circulation is, therefore, of clinical relevance. we herein describe a case of coronary artery disease treated with surgical revascularization using the internal mammary artery and thereafter the progressive atherosclerotic disease of the native coronary arteries as well as...