Serum levels of HDL-cholesterol, triglyceride and total cholesterol were measured in 107 normal Koreans and in 327 patients; 66 patients with hypertension, 34 patients with coronary heart disease, 45 patients with cerebral thrombosis, 18 patients with nephrotic syndrome, and 164 patients with diabetes mellitus. Patterns of serum lipoprotein fractions were also investigated by agarose gel electrophoresis in 41 normal Koreans and in 72 patients; 14 patients with hypertension, 10 patients with coronary heart disease, 19 patients with cerebral thrombosis, 7 patients with nephrotic syndrome, and 22 patients with diaebetes mellitus. The results are summarized as follows; 1. Mean values of serum HDL-cholesterol, triglyceride and cholesterol in normal Koreans were 52.2+/-12.4mg/100ml, 110.6+/-31.6mg/100ml and 175.3+/-21.4mg/100ml respectively. No significant difference in mean value of serum HDL-cholesterol was observed between Korean males and females. 2. In Korean females serum, HDL-cholesterol level showed peak values in the fifth decade, but no significant difference with aging was observed in Korean males. 3. Serum HDL-cholesterol levels were significantly decreased in patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease, cerebral thrombosis, and in male diabetic patients with complication. 4. Serum triglyceride levels were significantly increased in all the disease groups, and serum cholesterol levels were significantly increased in all the disease groups except cerebral thrombosis. 5. Mean values of alpha-lipoprotein, pre-beta-lipoprotein and beta-lipoprotein fraction ratios in normal Koreans were 28.9+/-7.5%, 14.9+/-4.9% and 56.2+/-8.1% respectively. 6. Seum alpha-lipoprotein fraction ratio was significantly decreased in relatively advanced hypertensive patients. Pre-beta-lipoprotein fraction ratio tends to be increased in patients with hypertension, cerebral thrombosis, nephrotic syndrome and in diabetic patients with complications, and beta-lipoprotein fraction ratio tends to be increased in patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease and nephrotic syndrome, but those were not statistically significant.
Aging ; Cardiovascular Diseases* ; Cholesterol ; Coronary Disease ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Electrophoresis, Agar Gel ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Intracranial Thrombosis ; Lipoproteins ; Male ; Nephrotic Syndrome ; Triglycerides

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Catheters* ; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt*

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Tendon Injuries* ; Tendons*

Partial knee ankylosis is a recognized complication following open operative procedure, trauma and disease processes about the knee. It can result from the formation of intraarticular adhesion and contracture of the capsule as well as the shortening or adhesion of the quadriceps mechanism. Physical therspy and occasionally manipulation under the anesthesia may improve the results, but performed late, these methods will be useless. This is a review of 30 patients who had severe limitation of motion in the knee joint following open operative procedures or trauma about the knee and who were treated by the percutaneous release of adhesions under the arthroscopic control. The following results were obtained; There were 17 males and 13 females, and the age of release ranged from 23 to 69 years old (av. 42.8years old). The interval between arthroscopic adhesiolysis and the last follow-up evaluation ranged from 6 months to 5 years and 7 months(av. 23 months). The interval between the last open operative procedure or trauma and arthroscopic adhesiolysis ranged from 3 months to 4 years(av. 15 months). The average preoperative knee ROM was 38.8°the postoperative ROM was 121.1°and the average final knee ROM at follow-up was 102.6°So the average loss of ROM was 18.5°The arthroscopic adhesiolysis seems to be applied to the various conditions of the partial knee ankylosis and the results are better than the other surgical procedures when it was performed early enough.
Anesthesia ; Ankylosis ; Contracture ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Knee Joint ; Knee ; Male ; Surgical Procedures, Operative

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Female ; Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced* ; Iron* ; Pregnancy

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Ablation of the slow pathway in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) can be performed by using a specific intracardiac electrogram findings predicting a successful radiofrequency catheter ablation. The purpose of the present study is to recognize a specific intracardiac electrogram findings predicting a successful sites of radiofrequency catheter ablation in patients with AVNRT. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study population consisted of the 18 patients (7 males, mean age:46 yr) to undergo successful catheter ablation using radiofrequency current in order to eliminate AVNRT from January 1993 to september 1994. We have analyzed local intracardiac electrogram at successful and unsuccessful sites of radiofrequency catheter ablation before the radiofrequency application: Atrial electrogram amplitude, duration, number of peaks in atrial electrogram, atrial/ventricular (A/V) electrogram amplitude ratio, and presence of His potential and/or slow potential. RESULTS: Of 18 patients, 16 patients underwent a slow pathway ablation, the other 2 patients a fast pathway ablation. The mean A/V electrogram amplitude ratio at successful and unsuccessful sites was 0.69+/-0.91 and 1.86+/-2.03, respectively. The mean atrial electrogram duration and number of peaks at successful and unsuccessful sites was 57+/-16 msec vs 69+/-16 msec and 1.7+/-0.5 vs 2.2+/-0.7, respectively. His bundle electrogram was seen in one slow pathway ablated and one fast pathway ablated patient. No slow potential could be identified in any of these 18 patients. CONCLUSION: We think that A/V electrocardiogram amplitude ratio below 0.5 at posterior interatrial septum along tricuspid annulus is important marker indicating a successful ablation sites.
Catheter Ablation* ; Electrocardiography ; Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac* ; Humans ; Male ; Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry*

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Breast Implants* ; Breast* ; Contracture* ; Pregnancy*

BACKGROUND : DHEAS, the major circulating adrenal hormone, has been suggested to have a role in many aging related diseases and perhaps in aging itself. But, there is no epidemiologic data of DHEAS in normal adults in Korea. We studied age changes and sex differences in serum DHEAS & its related factors throughout adulthood. METHODS : We administ structured questionnaires to the study subjects. We measured serum DHEAS levels and several biochemical markers (total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, glucose etc) in 1.710 healthy men(857) and women (853), aged 17-76 years. We also measured their height, weight, waist & hip circumference and body fat contents with bioimpedance method. We analyzed various variables relating to serum DHEAS levels by using SPSS. Reference data of serum DHEAS level in normal adults were also suggested. RESULTS : The DHEAS concentration peaked at age group blow age of 30 years in man(260.9 microgram/dL). Then mean values declined steadily in both sexes (r=-0.38, p<0.001 in men and r=-0.46, p<0.001 in women). At age group above 70 years, only 30.9% in men & 30.4% in women, when compared with age group below 30 years, was remained. DHEAS concentration were significantly higher in men than women at all age group except age group above 70 years. Average 1.5 times higher concentration in men than in women (at least 1.28 times at age<30 and max 2.00 times at age 60-64). In men, DHEAS had higher mean value in smokers (218.1 vs 199.1 microgram/dL, p<0.05), drinkers (>or=2 times/week, 219.1 vs 185.3 microgram/dL, p<0.01), android type fat distribution group (waist/hip>0.85, 227.1 vs 197.4 microgram/dL) after adjusting age. DHEAS was positively correlated with body mass index (r=0.12, p<0.01). But in women, drinkers (154.3 vs 131.7 microgram/dL, p<0.05) and regular exercise group (146.1 vs 131.6 microgram/dL, p=0.05) had higher mean DHEAS value. There were no significant association between DHEAS and lipid profile (total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol) & fasting glucose level in both sex. CONCLUSION : Our data suggest that DHEAS levels may influenced by several sociodemographic factors (e.g. smoking, alcohol, exercise etc) and body mass index. DHEAS level was inversely correlated by age in both sex and men had 1.5 times higher DHEAS values than women. We could not find any association between DHEAS level and lipid profile & fasting blood sugar.
Adipose Tissue ; Adult ; Aging ; Biomarkers ; Blood Glucose ; Body Mass Index ; Cholesterol ; Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate* ; Dehydroepiandrosterone* ; Fasting ; Female ; Glucose ; Hip ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Sex Characteristics* ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Triglycerides ; Waist-Hip Ratio

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Erythropoietin* ; Humans* ; Renal Dialysis*

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Meconium*