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Valentino F
ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM WALL RUPTURE RISK EVALUATION THROUGH COMPUTERIZED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS MODEL AND FUZZY-TOPSIS DECISION METHOD
Elevated cerebrospinal fluid and plasma homocysteine levels in ALS
BACKGROUND: High cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma levels of homocysteine (HC) have been reported in certain neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's diseases and, recently, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). OBJECTIVES: To assay the CSF and plasma levels of HC in ALS patients and controls, and to evaluate the relationship between HC levels and clinical variables of the disease. METHODS: Cerebrospinal fluid from sixty-nine (M/F 1.87) and plasma from sixty-five ALS patients (M/F 1.83) were taken and stored at -80 degrees C until use. Controls (CSF = 55; plasma = 67) were patients admitted to our hospital for neurological disorders with no known relationship to HC ch…
ANP immunolocalization in internal carotid artery wall of subjects with and without atherosclerotic lesions
Abdominal aortic aneurysm wall rupture risk evaluation through computerized element analysis model and fuzzy-tosis decision method.
Atrial natriuretic factor, but not oxytocin, is present in atherosclerotic plaques of human common carotid arteries
We performed a study on 25 common carotid arteries (CCA) affected by atherosclerotic plaques, comparing them to 25 normal CCA. We researched the presence and localisation of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and oxytocin (OX) by immunohistochemistry. We found ANF abundantly expressed in plaques, mainly localising in intima and subintima layers; by contrast normal vessels were scarcely positive or negative; finally, OX resulted negative or weakly positive in both atherosclerotic and normal vessels. Our results show for the first time ANF presence in atherosclerotic plaques of CCA and are in agreement with other studies, mainly performed in vitro, that hypothesise the involvement of this molecu…
Presence of atrial natriuretic (ANF) in the carcinoma of human breast
ANATOMIC-CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS NON RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE COEXISTING TO RECURRENT NERVE:PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND LITERATURE REVIEW
Morphological changes in the wall of anomalies of the extracranical internal carotid artery: histologic and anatomic features
ANP IMUUNOLOCALITATION IN INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY WALL OF SUBJECTS WITH AN WITHOUT ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS
Kinking, coiling, and tortuosity of extracranial internal carotid artery: is it the effect of a metaplasia?
INTRODUCTION: Morphological anomalies of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) cause symptomatic cerebrovascular insufficiency in 4-16% of the cases. The aim of the present study is to evaluate macroscopic and microscopic features of a group of extracranial ICA anomalies, specifically kinking, coiling, and tortuosity, eventually affecting the surgical approach. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From January 2003 to December 2005, 10 out of 169 (6%) revascularized patients (pts) were operated upon because of an ICA anomaly. They were all but two symptomatics. Seven pts were treated by ICA transection and end-to-side reimplantation of the ICA at the level of the carotid bulb; three pts were tre…