Chlorpromazine: Adjunct to physiologic perfusion

Development of a physiologic ex vivo vessel perfusion system

Physiologic hyperinsulinemia enhances human skeletal muscle perfusion by capillary recruitment.

Despite intensive study, the relation between insulin's action on blood flow and glucose metabolism remains unclear. Insulin-induced changes in microvascular perfusion, independent from effects on total blood flow, could be an important variable contributing to insulin's metabolic action. We hypothesized that modest, physiologic increments in plasma insulin concentration alter microvascular per...

Distribution of ventilation/perfusion ratios in pulmonary embolism: an adjunct to the interpretation of ventilation/perfusion lung scans.

UNLABELLED Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) by visual interpretation of ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) scans is limited by the high percentages of patients classified in the intermediate- and low-probability categories. This study proposes a quantitative analysis of the distribution of V/Q ratios to better identify patients with PE. METHODS We studied 99 consecutive patients who underwent du...

Dual Energy Single Source Ct Coronary Perfusion Angiography – a Helpful Functional Adjunct to Anatomical Information

Retrograde cerebral perfusion as an adjunct to prolonged hypothermic circulatory arrest.

STUDY OBJECTIVE This study was designed to evaluate the use of retrograde cerebral perfusion (RCP) combined with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) in the treatment of complex congenital and adult cardiac disease. DESIGN Retrospective chart review of 52 cardiac surgery patients (34 male and 18 female; age range, 3 weeks to 89 years old; mean age, 60 years old) who received RCP in conj...