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In normal mongrel dogs, outflow occlusion of 15 or 30 minutes duration was produced by clamping both the suprahepatic and suprarenal portions of the vena cava. One dog died immediately after release of occlusion; two dogs died from recurrent hypotension between six and 24 hours postoperatively. The other five dogs survived for three days, at which time an autopsy was done. During outflow occlusion, the blood pressure fell in all dogs, as did the central venous pressure. The pulse rate decreased during, and after, occlusion but toward a tendency of gradual recovery. A significant drop in pH and base excess of arterial blood was seen after occlusion. Although a steady, but not substantial, increase in hemoglobin and hematocrit values was noted, there were no remarkable changes in the blood coagulation system. Significant increases in serum glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase, glutamic-pyruvic-transaminase, lactic dehydrogenase, acid phosphatase and beta-glucuronidase activities were observed from immediately after release of occlusion, but alkaline phosphatase values increased much later than did these. Thus, hepatic outflow occlusion, even if it is short, seems to be dangerous in the dog, since it produces hypotension, metabolic acidosis and diffuse damage as well as disruption of the parenchyma of the liver.
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PMID:Enzymatic and hemodynamic changes after short term hepatic outflow occlusion in the dog. 1 3

Microaggregates (MA) composed of platelets and white blood cells form during the storage of human blood. These particles are believed to be a cause of pulmonary insufficiency in patients receiving massive blood transfusions. The present controlled study determined the effect of constant gentle agitation of CPD-anticoagulated blood, during storage at 4 C, on the formation of MA. Using a Model T Coulter Counter, it was found that agitated blood contained significantly lower volumes of MA at 7 and 14 days than did nonagitated controls. However, significant elevations, above control levels, of plasma free hemoglobin, lactic dehydrogenase, and potassium indicated significant injury to cellular components of agitated blood. This study raises serious doubts concerning the potential clinical usefulness of blood agitation during storage to prevent MA formation.
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PMID:The effect of agitation of stored human blood on microaggregate formation. 2 92

Forty patients undergoing aortocoronary bypass procedures were randomyl allocated to a bubble oxygenator group (20 patients) and a membrane oxygenator group (20 patients). Blood chemistry, hematology and hemodynamics before, during and after cardiopulmonary bypass were used to compare the two oxygenators. There was no mortality and no serious complications in both groups. A higher hemolysis, with significantly higher levels of lactic dehydrogenase and free plasma hemoglobin and a more pronounced reduction in platelet count were found in the patients perfused with the bubble oxygenator. These differences persisted for 24 hours after the operation; 48 hours after surgery no significant differences between the two groups could be detected. Postoperative blood loss, intra- and postoperative hemodynamics and pulmonary gas exchange were equal in both groups. These results show, that the routine use of membrane oxygenators brings only minor benefits; therefore it may be specially reserved for extended open-heart procedures and for operations in high risk patients.
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PMID:Membrane and bubble oxygenator: a clinical comparison in patients undergoing aortocoronary bypass procedures. 10 87

Daily fluctuations in serum enzyme activities during distance running in 3 well-conditioned males were measured for 8 consecutive days. During the study the exercise regimen comprised 8 mile runs on days 1, 2 and 5; a 10.5 mile run on day 3; a 15 mile run on day 4 and resting on days 6-8. Heart rate, rectal temperature, hematocrit, plasma hemoglobin, creatine phosphokinase (CPK, glutamic-oxaloacetic and glutamic-pyruvic transaminases, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), adenylate kinase (AK), and lactate and pyruvate were measured before and after exercise and during the resting days. Significant increases occurred in heart rate and rectal temperature with each run but were unrelated to enzyme levels. Pre-exercise CPK levels, 49 plus or minus 1 mIU/ml on day 1, rose progressively to 123 plus or minus 25 mIU/ml on day 5, and returned to initial control levels by day 8. Post-exercise CPK levels were significantly greater than pre-exercise levels on each running day but were unrelated to the severity of the exercise. LDH and AK levels did not significantly change with the exercise stress, but pre-exercise AK levels in these trained males were higher than values in non-trained males (10-20 vs. 0-5 mIU/ml) (3). Post-exercise enzyme levels appeared unrelated to final heart rate, rectal temperature or plasma hemoglobin. These results suggest that (1) CPK, unlike the other enzymes studied, is a sensitive index of exercise stress in well-conditioned runners and (2) elevated CPK and AK levels in such runners represent physiologic responses. Appropriate caution should be used in making clinical judgements from these enzyme assays in trained individuals.
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PMID:Effects of repeated endurance exercise on serum enzyme activities in well-conditioned males. 16 63

Toxicosis was induced in pregnant Holstein-Friesian heifers by giving polybrominated biphenyls a in gelatin capsules at the rate of 25 g/day. Initially, this dosage was approximately 67 mg/kg of body weight. Clinical signs were anorexia, excessive lacrimation and salivation, diarrhea, emaciation, dehydration, depression, and abortion. Fever was not evident during the experiment. Values for serum glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase, lactic dehydrogenase, blood urea nitrogen, and bilirubin were increased. Changes in packed cell volume, hemoglobin content, total erythrocyte and leukocyte counts, and differential leukocyte counts were minimal and reflected dehydration and secondary infection. The principal urine changes were decreased specific gravity and moderate proteinuria. Gross necropsy findings included dehydration; subcutaneous emphysema and hemorrhage; atrophy of the thymus; fetal death with concomitant necrosis of cotyledons; kidneys that were enlarged, pale tan to gray; thickened wall of the gallbladder; inspissated bile; edema of abomasal folds; mucoid enteritis; linear hemorrhage and edema of the rectal mucosa; and secondary pneumonia. Microscopic changes were most marked in the kidneys, gallbladder, and eyelid. In the kidney, the principal changes were extreme dilatation of collecting ducts and convoluted tubules, with epithelial degenerative changes of cloudy swelling, hydropic degeneration, and separation from the basement membrane. Common changes in the gallbladder were moderate to marked hyperplasia and cystic dilatation of the mucous glands in the lamina propria. The changes in the eyelids were characterized by hyperkeratosis, with accumulations of keratin in hair follicles of the epidermis and squamous metaplasia with keratin cysts in the tarsal glands. Clinical signs and lesions of toxicosis did not develop in heifers given the polybrominated biphenyls at the rate of 0.25 mg and 250 mg/day for 60 days. Initially these rates were approximately 0.00065 mg/kg and 0.65 mg/kg of body weight, respectively.
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PMID:Pathology of experimentally induced polybrominated biphenyl toxicosis in pregnant heifers. 18 92

Fetal and adult erythrocyte characteristics were studied serially in a 30-mo-old female with juvenile chronic myelocytic leukemia. On presentation the erythrocytes exhibited predominantly fetal characteristics as indicated by 69% hemoglobin F (HbF), 1.1% hemoglobin A2 (HbA2), absent I antigen, and fetal levels of the erythrocyte enzymes, carbonic anhydrase I and II, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, hexokinase, pyruvate kinase, and lactate dehydrogenase; 100% of the erythrocytes present contained HbF. However, Orskov-Jacobs-Stewart hemolysis demonstrated that at least one adult characteristic was present. Seven months later HbF was 17%; I antigen and carbonic anhydrase I had increased to adult levels. The number of cells containing HbF had decreased to 30%. Further studies indicated that at least three new populations of red cells were present after 7 mo which had not previously been detected. Two of these populations exhibited a mixture of both fetal and adult characteristics. Such findings suggested that an ongoing disturbance of regulatory mechanisms was responsible for the variable expression of fetal versus adult erythrocyte characteristics.
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PMID:Changing erythrocyte populations in juvenile chronic myelocytic leukemia: evidence for disordered regulation. 26 91

Antarctic hemoglobin-free fish possess, besides white and cardiac muscles, a third type of striated muscle of yellowish appearance devoid of myoglobin which corresponds to the fish red muscles. Each of these three types differs from the others by its parvalbumin composition and lactate dehydrogenase isozymic distribution.
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PMID:[Protein differentiation in striated white, yellow muscles and cardiac muscles in an antarctic fish free of hemoglobin, Champsocephalus gunnari]. 41 50

In order to verify the influence of sampling time on blood constituents, populations of supposedly healthy subjects were grouped according to age, sex, deviation from their ideal weight, state of fasting or nonfasting, and time of sampling. Each fasting subject in one group underwent two samplings during the course of a morning: the first at 08.00 and the second between 09.00 and 12.00. In the second group, the first was taken at 13.00, and the second between 14.00 and 16.00. Subjects in the second group had eaten a standard meal of 700 calories at 12.00. Differences between the paired samples from a given individual are discussed with respect to the time of sampling for plasma urea, creatinine, proteins, albumin, calcium, sodium, potassium, cholesterol, uric acid, chloride ions, phosphate, bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase, creatine phosphokinase, alkaline phosphatase, hemoglobin and erythrocyte and leukocyte counts. Variations due to the time of sampling were large for phosphorus, bilirubin, and leukocyte count.
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PMID:The effect of sex, deviation from ideal weight and sampling time on blood constituents in presumably healthy subjects. 43 75

The St. Jude Medical cardiac valve prosthesis is a low profile, lightweight, bi-leaflet, central-flow device constructed entirely of pyrolytic carbon. In vivo testing was performed in 24 cows in which the tricuspid valve (n = 14) or mitral valve (n = 10) was replaced by a St. Jude Medical prosthesis with a 26 mm tissue annulus diameter. Eight animals died in the operative period. The 16 surviving animals were sacrificed at 4, 8, 12, or 18 weeks. There were no valve-related deaths nor mechanical valve failures. Anticoagulation was not used in the postoperative period during which time monthly laboratory parameters were obtained including hemoglobin, hematocrit, white cell count, red cell count and indices, lactic acid dehydrogenase, serum haptoglobin, and, additionally at sacrifice, platelet and red cell morphology. Values indicated this prosthesis did not cause hemolysis. At sacrifice the pulmonary arterial tree and peripheral organs showed no evidence of thromboemboli. There was smooth endocardial ingrowth on all valve sewing rings. One valve had thrombus formation on the valve sewing ring. Nine animals were anesthetized prior to sacrifice and underwent open cardiac catheterization. Ventriculography (n = 6) showed minimal transvalvar reflux, and atriograms (n = 6) demonstrated central flow. Transvalvar gradients were 0 to 22 mm Hg (n = 9). One valve of an 18-week tricuspid implant was examined for wear; valve life was calculated to be greater than 2500 years. These data in conjunction with in vitro test results justify clinical trial of the St. Jude Medical prosthesis.
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PMID:A new cardiac prosthesis: the St. Jude Medical cardiac valve: in vivo results. 44 74

The APP was employed in our 21st TAH calf and has now been implanted in a total of 11 animals. The APP has a dynamic stroke volume of 105 ml, an ejection fraction of 75%, and a peak flow of 14 L/min. The TAH features 2 APPs which have polysulfone cases and contain smooth, seam-free polyurethane sacs. Concavoconvex Bjork-Shiley valves are used. The pumps are pneumatically driven but may be easily converted to pusher-plate drive. A pneumatic drive console and an automatic control unit complete the system. The automatic control unit permits independent control of the right and left hearts as a function of left atrial and aortic pressure respectively. The average survival of the APP TAH calves has been 65 days. Hematologic study has revealed basically normal results with minimal elevation of serum hemoglobin and lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH), indicative of a low level of hemolysis. Elelvation of central venous pressure (CVP) and total blood volume continue to be a problem with some TAH calves but not all. The APP has led to a dramatic increase in duration of survival and decrease in thromboembolism.
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PMID:Total artificial heart implantation in calves with pump on an angled port design. 52 90


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