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Cardiovascular hemodynamic changes in patients with acute aortic dissection were studied to optimize treatment of hypertension. Nineteen patients with DeBakey type III acute aortic dissection were studied. Hemodynamic parameters were measured by Swan-Ganz catheter immediately after the onset of dissection. Serum endothelin-1 levels were measured within 24 hours and 2 weeks after dissection.Pulmonary...
The surgical results of mitral valve plasty (MVP) for active infective endocarditis of the mitral valve was compared with that of mitral valve replacement (MVR).We operated on 30 successive patients with active infective endocarditis of the mitral valve. Eleven patients, including two cases with annular abscess, had MVP (MVP group), and 19 had MVR (MVR group). MVP was performed by resection of the...