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G Cini

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PubMed1984

[Analysis of variations in cardiac performance induced by tilt and hand-grip in athletes and in untrained subjects].

The aim of the present study is to analyze variations of external cardiac work and of indices of myocardial oxygen consumption induced by upright tilting and hand-grip in volley-ball athletes (group A) in comparison with a group of normal subjects (group N). For this purpose we have used impedance cardiography, a simple, reproducible and non invasive technique, which is very reliable in evaluating both systolic time intervals and hemodynamic parameters such as stroke volume and cardiac output. No significant differences, of external cardiac work, double and triple product were observed between group A and N upon upright tilting. Hand-grip test, on the other hand, can differentiate the myocardial behaviour of trained people from that of the control group. The double product was significantly reduced in group A in comparison with group N (P less than 0.001 and the end of the test, P less than 0.05 after 30", P less than 0.001 after 1' and 3"). The triple product was significantly reduced in group A in comparison with group N at the end of the test (P less than 0.005). External cardiac work was always higher in group A in comparison with group N (P less than 0.02, at the stop P less than 0.05 after 30", P less than 0.01 after 1', P less than 0.0001 after 3'). Therefore in volleyball athletes the myocardium exhibits better mechanical performance than in normal subjects.

Blood Pressure↗
PubMed1983

Acute respiratory distress syndrome in an adult patient with a myelodysplastic disorder.

A 58-year-old man was diagnosed to have refractory anaemia with excessive blasts. After 3 1/2 years of relative control on periodic blood transfusions, the patient developed an acute leukaemia. Although the blastic crisis was not extreme (WBC counts less than 100 X 10(9)/l), a severe, intractable respiratory distress syndrome set in and brought the patient to the exitus in a few days. Overt signs of septic shock were absent, as was evidence of any other known cause of adult respiratory distress. Acute pulmonary failure can be the cause of death in leukaemic patients even in the absence of overwhelming sepsis or hyperleucocytosis.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1982

Echocardiographic hemodynamic study during ultrafiltration sequential dialysis.

4 patients on regular dialysis were studied by the echocardiographic method during ultrafiltration and dialysis performed sequentially according to two different protocols. Blood pressure, heart rate, cardiac output, stroke volume, systolic and diastolic dimension of the left ventricle, systolic and diastolic volumes of the left ventricle, ejection fraction, shortening fraction and total peripheral vascular resistance index were measured. During ultrafiltration there is an increase of the total peripheral vascular resistance index. Myocardial contractility improves only during dialysis. Physiopathologic implications are discussed.

Adult↗
PubMed1982

[Asymmetric hypertrophy of the intraventricular septum in normotensive patients with chronic uremia during hemodialysis therapy. M-mode echocardiographic study].

Cardiovascular complications are very common in uraemic patients on regular dialytic treatment and are often the cause of death. In these patients many echocardiographic studies have been carried out to establish the presence of cardiac alterations. In particular some M-mode echocardiographic investigating have shown a significant incidence of asymmetric septal hypertrophy (ASH), but often the patients had associated cardiomegaly or arterial hypertension. In the present paper M-mode echocardiogram and carotid pulse tracing were recorded after dialysis in 23 normotensive long-term hemodialyzed patients. The aim of the study was to detect the incidence of ASH and to assess the functional behaviour of the left ventricle in relation to the presence of the septal abnormality. ASH as ratio of interventricular septal to posterior wall thickness (IVS/PWT) of 1.3 or greater, without systolic anterior motion of anterior mitral leaflet (SAM), was found in 52.1% of patients. The group with ASH showed an obvious reduction of the cardiac index (CI), after dialysis, due to reduction of left ventricular size and to the abnormal septal function. CI was normal in patients without ASH. On the other hand the presence of ASH did not significantly influence the percentage of fractional shortening (FS%), the velocity of circumferential fiber shortening (Vcf) and the ejection fraction (EF%) which were similar in both groups of patients. A long-term echocardiographic follow-up of these patients may be important to outline the natural history of ASH and to evaluate its relation to chronic renal failure on hemodialytic treatment.

Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic↗
PubMed1981

[Echocardiographic study of left ventricular function in 2 different procedures].

Four patients on regular dialysis were studied by echocardiographic method during ultrafiltration sequential dialysis performed according to two different protocols: procedure 1: ultrafiltration alone (1 hour) followed by diffusive dialysis (3 hours); procedure 2: dialysis (3 hours) followed by ultrafiltration alone (1 hour). Blood pressure, heart rate, cardiac output, stroke volume, systolic and diastolic dimension of the left ventricle, systolic and diastolic volumes of the left ventricle, ejection fraction, shortening fraction and total peripheral vascular resistance index were measured. During ultrafiltration there is an increase of the total peripheral vascular resistance index. Myocardial contractility improves only during dialysis. Physiographic and therapeutic implications are discussed.

Adult↗