Heart, vessels and metabolisms

Radiology of the Heart and Great Vessels

The methods used in .r-ray examination of the heart and great vessels of the thorax include fluoroscopy and radiography, measurement of the cardiac diameters, and special observations after a ' barium swallow \ Owing to the divergence of the rays from the anode of the x-ray tube, there is much distortion of the image if the tube is close to the chest; so, to get an accurate representation of th...

Engineering in the Heart and Blood Vessels

Engineering journals frequently present articles reviewing the progress of applied engineering in medical instrumentation and clinical medicine prosthetic devices. The authors have expanded such a feature to produce this book, which illustrates what can happen when an engineer (Dr. Myers) and a practicing surgeon (Dr. Parsonnet) join together in a research venture lasting over five years. Most ...

Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells: From Heart to Vessels

Cardiovascular diseases, formerly only attributed to the alterations of the stromal component, are now recognized as immune-based pathologies. Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells (pDCs) are important immune orchestrators in heart and vessels. They highly produce IFN type I that promote the polarization of T cells towards a Th1 phenotype; however, pDCs can also participate to suppressive networks via t...

Physiology and Pathology of the Heart and Blood Vessels

PREPARATION OF FIBRIN GLUE AS A BIOLOGICAL SEALANT TO CONTROL BLEEDING IN HEART MUSCLE AND BLOOD VESSELS

Fibrin glue is used for control of bleeding in various surgical procedures. In this work the ability of fibrin glue to seal punctures in the vascular system is demonstrated. Blood samples were taken from rabbits, fibrinogen was separated and fibrin glue was eventually prepared. The rabbits were anesthetized and a midline incision was carried out. The heart and abdominal aorta were exposed. ...