International angiology : a journal of the International Union of Angiology
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Clinical presentation of pulmonary embolism (PE) comprises a wide spectrum from asymptomatic incidental finding to typical symptoms with chest pain, dyspnea, hemoptysis and syncope/collapse. We aimed to investigate typical symptoms of PE and increasing number of these symptoms to predict outcome in acute PE. ⋯ The symptom syncope/collapse is connected with poorer outcome in acute PE. An increasing number of symptoms failed to be useful for outcome prediction and risk stratification in acute PE.
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Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is a rapidly progressive disease where early diagnosis is life-saving. As a new cytokine, levels of thevisfatin might be affected during the ischema and reperfusion. In our study, we obtained changes of visfatin levels in the serum, peritoneal and intestinal lavage samples in rats, to investigate the effectiveness of these changes in the early diagnosis of AMI. ⋯ Serum, intestinal and peritoneal visfatin levels were increased not only in the case of mesenteric ischemia, but also in acute pancreatitis. In these two clinical pathologies, the visfatin levels of the intestinal and peritoneal cavitiesmay increase parallel to the serum visfatin levels.