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B Gong

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PubMed1988

High-output heart failure due to hepatic arteriovenous fistula during pregnancy: a case report.

A 32-year-old multiparous gravida presented at 38 weeks' gestation with a second pregnancy complicated by congestive heart failure. Through noninvasive testing, hepatic arteriovenous malformation was diagnosed as the etiologic factor. This has not been reported as a cause of heart failure in pregnancy, although arteriovenous malformations in other organs have been associated with this complication.

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PubMed1985

A stable isotope study of copper absorption in young men: effect of phytate and alpha-cellulose.

A sixty-three day study was conducted with young men confined to a metabolic unit to study the effects of alpha-cellulose and phytate on copper absorption. Copper absorption was determined with 65Cu, a stable isotope of copper, during each of 3 dietary treatments (basal diet, basal diet + alpha-cellulose, or basal diet + phytate). The addition of alpha-cellulose or phytate to the basal diet did not affect copper absorption. Average copper absorption was 35.0% from the basal diet, 34.1% from the diet with 0.5 g alpha-cellulose per kg body weight added, and 31.4% from the diet with 2.34 g of phytate as sodium phytate added to the diet. Copper absorption was significantly different between subjects and averaged 44.1%, 26.8%, 33.4%, and 29.5% in individual subjects. The results suggest that high levels of either alpha-cellulose or phytate do not have marked effects on copper absorption, but copper absorption differs between individuals.

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PubMed1984

A stable isotope study of zinc absorption in young men: effects of phytate and alpha-cellulose.

A 63-day study was conducted with young men confined to a metabolic unit to study the effects of a alpha-cellulose and phytate on zinc absorption. A liquid formula diet was used throughout the experiment. During each of three dietary treatments, (basal diet, basal diet + alpha-cellulose, or basal diet + phytate), 67Zn, a stable isotope of zinc, was added to the diets to measure zinc absorption. Zinc absorption was determined by fecal monitoring of 67Zn, measured by thermal ionization mass spectrometry. Analytical precision of all measurements was within 1%. Average zinc absorption was 34.0 +/- 6.2% from the basal diet and 33.8 +/- 2.9% from the diet with 0.5 g alpha-cellulose per kg body weight added. Zinc absorption fell to 17.5 +/- 2.5% when 2.34 g of phytate as sodium phytate were added to the basal diet. The phytate/zinc molar ratio of the diet was 15. The decrease in zinc absorption was accompanied by increased fecal zinc and decreased urinary zinc. The results suggest that phytate inhibits zinc absorption and high levels of dietary phytate could result in zinc deficiency in man.

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