of stones from the gall bladder.3 There are several clinical implications. The long contiguous course of the cystic duct and common hepatic duct could explain why surgeons sometimes inadvertently leave a long remnant of cystic duct, which is reputedly a cause of the postcholecystectomy syndrome.4 Furthermore, the migration of stones from the gall bladder into the contiguous segment may explain ...

Nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of migraine and treatment with its exogenous donor glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) represents widely accepted experimental "migraine model". In this study, glyceryl trinitrate was administered intraperitoneally to carps, serum nitrite and nitrate levels were determined, permeability of blood-brain barrier was investigated, and histological cha...

The relative efficacy of two calcium antagonist drugs, verapamil, 120 mg three times a day and nifedipine, 20 mg three times a day, was examined in a double-blind randomised trial. Patients were assessed at the end of four week periods by a maximal treadmill exercise test, the frequency of anginal attacks, glyceryl trinitrate consumption, and side effects. Sixteen point praecordial maps were re...

Fourteen patients with angina pectoris completed a double blind trial of atenolol 25 mg, 50 mg, and 100 mg twice daily and propranolol 80 mg thrice daily. In comparison with placebo, all active treatments significantly reduced anginal attacks, consumption of glyceryl trinitrate, resting and exercise heart rate, resting and exercise systolic blood pressure, and significantly prolonged exercise t...

A patient in whom exercise induced reversible ischaemic left anterior fascicular block is reported. Glyceryl trinitrate relieved the fascicular block. Coronary angiography showed a 90% obstruction of the left anterior descending artery. The left anterior fascicular block induced by exercise disappeared after a successful coronary angioplasty.

Stent embolization is a rare complication of coronary stenting. If left untreated, it may lead to devastating consequences. Although there is much known about stent embolization, data about migration of stent after deployment is limited. We report an unusual case of a deployed stent migration into the distal part of right coronary artery after intracoronary glyceryl trinitrate administration du...