Biomedical subjects

A T Van Lommel

Publications and source records attributed to A T Van Lommel.

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PubMed2001

Sleeve-related thrombosis: a new form of catheter-related thrombosis.

In a detailed study of central venous catheter-related sleeve and thrombosis in experimental animals, a new form of thrombosis was detected and termed sleeve-related thrombosis. A silastic catheter was placed in the jugular vein and the anterior vena cava of 22 rabbits and 54 rats. After intervals of 1, 3, 7 days, 2, 3, 4 weeks and 1, 2, 4, 6 months the veins were examined by light microscopy and by transmission electron microscopy. In about 50% of the rats a thrombus was observed at the end of the catheter sleeve. Consecutive cutting allowed the visualization of a transition from a sleeve via part of sleeve and part of thrombus to a pure thrombus. This thrombus was separated from the vein wall and could not be considered a mural thrombus. As the thrombus was only attached to the terminal part of the organized catheter sleeve we propose the name sleeve-related thrombosis.

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PubMed2000

Intimal hyperplasia after long-term venous catheterization.

OBJECTIVE: Intimal hyperplasia is a well-known consequence of arterial injury and arterialization in vein grafts. However, the subacute and chronic vein wall changes which occur after catheterization have not been well studied. In this animal study, intimal hyperplasia in the vein wall after catheterization was examined. METHODS: A silicon catheter was placed in the anterior caval vein of 54 rats. After in situ fixation at scheduled intervals (1 day to 6 months), the pathologic changes in the vein wall were studied on semi-serial histology sections by means of light microscopy. RESULTS: Three forms of intimal hyperplasia could be observed: plaque-like, papillary-like and incorporation of the mural part of the sleeve into the underlying vein wall. Although the appearance of each was different, their composition was identical. All were mainly composed of alpha-actin-positive cells and collagen localized above the internal elastin layer, and covered by endothelium if facing the lumen. The plaque-like and papillary-like forms were mainly localized in the anterior vena cava, while sleeve incorporation mainly occurred in the jugular vein. Plaque-like and papillary-like intimal hyperplasia could be seen together on the same slide, but these two forms were never seen together with sleeve incorporation. CONCLUSION: Intimal hyperplasia occurs after venous catheterization and is probably caused by chronic injury to the vein wall due to knocking and rubbing movements of the catheter against the wall.

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PubMed1998

Composition and formation of the sleeve enveloping a central venous catheter.

PURPOSE: After catheterization, 42% to 100% of central venous catheters are surrounded by a "fibrin sleeve." This sleeve has been considered the cause of catheter-related infections, withdrawal occlusion, and pulmonary embolism. The reactions between the vein wall and the catheter were studied. METHODS: A silicone catheter was placed in the anterior caval vein of 123 rats. After in situ fixation at scheduled intervals, the pathologic changes were studied on semi-serial histologic sections by means of light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In 36 rats, the catheter was withdrawn immediately; in 72 rats, it was left in situ up to 6 months; and in 15 rats, the study was performed up to 10 months after withdrawal of a catheter that had remained in situ for 6 months. RESULTS: In the group in which the catheter was withdrawn immediately, mural thrombi disappeared by day 7. In the group in which the catheter remained in situ, thrombi remained around the proximal portion of the catheter. This pericatheter thrombosis (PCT) was invaded by migrating and proliferating smooth muscle cells (SMCs), originating from an injured vein wall, and transformed from day 7 into a tissue composed predominantly of SMCs and collagen and covered by endothelial cells. Later, the number of cells decreased, and the relative amount of collagen increased. Up to 10 months after withdrawal of the catheter, the collapsed sleeve was still present within the vein. CONCLUSION: The sleeve around a central venous catheter is not a fibrin sleeve, but a stable cellular-collagen tissue covered by endothelium. It is mainly formed by smooth muscle cells migrating from the injured vein wall into the early pericatheter thrombus.

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PubMed1985

Innervation of rabbit intrapulmonary neuroepithelial bodies. Quantitative and qualitative ultrastructural study after vagotomy.

The purpose of this study was to locate the cell bodies of origin of the intracorpuscular nerve endings of the intrapulmonary neuroepithelial bodies (NEB). Left infra- or supranodosal vagotomy was performed on 35 young rabbits. In control animals, the NEB innervation index (i.e. the ratio of the number of intracorpuscular nerve endings to the number of NEB corpuscular epithelial cells) was 0.3 in both left and right lungs. Left infranodosal vagotomy decreased the NEB innervation index in the left lung to 0.1 by 24 h postoperatively. Degenerating nerve endings displaying neurofilamentous hyperplasia, were found among the few surviving nerve endings. Left supranodosal vagotomy did not influence the innervation of the NEB of the left lung, even at 5 days postoperatively. In the right lungs, neither procedure had significant effects. These findings indicate that the NEB are predominantly innervated by sensory nerve fibers, derived from cell bodies in the nodose ganglion of the vagus nerve. This neuroanatomical argument corroborates our hypothesis that NEB represent intrapulmonary neuroreceptors.

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