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Pöyhönen L, Silvola J, Poe D, Rautiainen M, Kivekäs I. Balloon dilation improves both the hearing level and the quality of life in patients suffering from obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2024; 281:1259-1265. [PMID: 37725135 PMCID: PMC10858106 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-023-08231-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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PURPOSE Chronic obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction (OETD) can lead to tympanic membrane (TM) retraction and middle ear effusion (MEE) which can cause conductive hearing impairment, which among other ear symptoms can lower the quality of life (QoL). In this prospective study we assess hearing results and subjective changes in QoL following balloon Eustachian tuboplasty (BET) in treatment of OETD. METHODS Totally 25 ears with TM retraction and 18 ears with MEE due to chronic OETD underwent BET as the sole intervention. Outcomes including otoscopy, ability to perform the Valsalva maneuver, tympanometry, audiometry, Eustachian tube inflammation scale and the Glasgow Benefit Inventory questionnaire (GBI) were obtained on all patients preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively. RESULTS Hearing thresholds improved statistically significantly (p < 0.05) with means of 3 dB in the TM retraction group and 9 dB in the MEE group. Total GBI results indicated a positive influence on patients' QoL. Valsalva success rate was 80% in patients with TM retraction and 67% in patients with MEE. Tympanometry results improved in 50% of TM retraction patients and in 33% of MEE patients. CONCLUSIONS Here we demonstrated that the BET has a positive impact on patients' conductive hearing loss and QoL in patients with TM retraction or MEE. Results were better in TM retraction group than in MEE group.
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- Leena Pöyhönen
- Department of Ear and Oral Diseases, Tampere University Hospital, P.O. Box 2000, 33521, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Akershus and University of Oslo, Campus AHUS, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ear and Oral Diseases, Tampere University Hospital, P.O. Box 2000, 33521, Tampere, Finland
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Ear and Oral Diseases, Tampere University Hospital, P.O. Box 2000, 33521, Tampere, Finland.
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
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Pöyhönen L, Kivekäs I, Silvola J, Poe D, Rautiainen M. Mucociliary function of the eustachian tube in the eustachian tube dysfunction. Acta Otolaryngol 2019; 139:238-242. [PMID: 30870045 DOI: 10.1080/00016489.2018.1562218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Most of the tests to evaluate the eustachian tube (ET) function are focused on the ventilation function of the ET. AIM Here we evaluate mucociliary function of the ET in patients with ET dysfunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten patients with ET dysfunction were enrolled into the study. Six patients had chronic tympanic membrane retraction and four patients had chronic middle ear effusion (MEE). All patients had intact tympanic membranes. Tympanometry and clinical examinations were done to all patients. Mucociliary function was evaluated with technetium labeled albumin and blue dye. Tympanometry and clinical examinations were done to six patients with chronic tympanic membrane retraction and four patients with chronic middle ear effusion (MEE). Mucociliary function of the ET was evaluated with technetium labeled albumin and blue dye placed into middle ear through an intact tympanic membrane and followed from nasopharynx ET orifice (blue dye) and with gamma camera (technetium). RESULTS Blue dye was observed in tubal orifice in six (6 of 10) patients during 30 min observation. Five of those patients (5 of 6) had tympanic membrane retraction and one patient (1 of 6) had MEE. Tracer activity decreased from middle ear in six (6 of 10) patients. Four of those patients had tympanic membrane retraction and two had MEE. CONCLUSION Mucociliary function of the ET seems to be better in patients with tympanic membrane retraction than patients with middle ear effusion. SIGNIFICANCE Mucociliary function of the ET is an important function for middle ear aeration, blue dye test is easily available to be used also in clinical practice.
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- Leena Pöyhönen
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Akershus Universitetssykehus HF, Lorenskog, Norway
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Luukkainen V, Kivekäs I, Hammarén-Malmi S, Rautiainen M, Pöyhönen L, Aarnisalo AA, Jero J, Sinkkonen ST. Balloon Eustachian tuboplasty under local anesthesia: Is it feasible? Laryngoscope 2017; 127:1021-1025. [PMID: 28409844 DOI: 10.1002/lary.26488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Revised: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study whether balloon Eustachian tuboplasty (BET) is a feasible and safe procedure under local anesthesia. STUDY DESIGN Prospective multicenter case-control study. METHODS Patients undergoing either BET (n = 13) or endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) (n = 12) under local anesthesia, with the possibility of sedation and analgesia, were monitored during the procedure and recovery period for possible adverse effects. After the procedure, the patients responded to a questionnaire assessing their experience. RESULTS No adverse effects were detected in the BET group. Patients in the BET group reported similar Visual Analog Scale scores for pain during the operation as the ESS group (5.0 ± 0.7 vs. 3.2 ± 0.7, mean ± standard error of the mean). However, patients in the BET group experienced more discomfort (4.2 ± 0.6 vs. 2.5 ± 0.3, respectively, P = 0.049). Seventy-seven and 92% of the patients in the BET and ESS groups, respectively, considered the anesthesia and pain relief to be sufficient. Patients from both the BET and ESS groups were almost devoid of pain 1 to 2 hours postoperatively (0.8 ± 0.2 and 1.4 ± 0.3, respectively). In total, 12 of 13 patients in the BET group, and all 12 patients in the ESS group, would choose local anesthesia with sedation and analgesia if they needed to undergo the same procedure again. CONCLUSION BET is a safe and feasible procedure under monitored anesthesia care, including local anesthesia along with sedation and analgesia. There is need for further methodological improvement to reduce pain and discomfort during the operation. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 4. Laryngoscope, 127:1021-1025, 2017.
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- Veera Luukkainen
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tampere University Hospital and University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tampere University Hospital and University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tampere University Hospital and University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Pöyhönen L, Teräsjärvi J, Nuolivirta K, Vuononvirta J, Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela K, Kröger L, Huhtala H, Mertsola J, Ilonen J, Peltola V, Korppi M, He Q. Interleukin-10 gene promoter region polymorphisms are not associated with BCG osteitis in vaccinated infants. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2016; 19:1158-62. [PMID: 26459526 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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SETTING Complications arising from bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination were recorded in a national register in Finland until 1988. In the period 1960-1988, 222 patients suffered from BCG osteitis. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the promoter region of the gene encoding interleukin 10 (IL-10) are associated with BCG osteitis after vaccination in neonates. DESIGN Blood samples of 132 former BCG osteitis patients now aged 21-49 years were analysed in a controlled study for IL10 rs1800896 (-1082G/A), rs1800871 (-819C/T), rs1800872 (-592C/A) and rs1800890 (-3575T/A) polymorphisms. RESULTS The frequencies of genotypes of IL10 rs1800896, rs1800871, rs1800872 and rs1800890, the frequencies of variant genotypes and the frequencies of major or minor alleles did not differ between patients and controls. Furthermore, the frequencies of the eight possible combinations of the three IL10 alleles located close to each other (IL10 rs1800896, IL10 rs1800871 and IL10 rs1800872) were surprisingly similar. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that polymorphisms of the IL-10 encoding gene do not play a central role in the development of complications due to BCG vaccination, although the IL10 gene, especially IL10 rs1800896 (-1082G/A) polymorphism, is known to be associated with tuberculosis risk in Europeans and North Americans.
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- L Pöyhönen
- Center for Child Health Research, University of Tampere and University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Paediatrics, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Seinäjoki, Finland
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Center for Child Health Research, University of Tampere and University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland
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Salmi J, Pelto-Huikko M, Auvinen O, Karvonen AL, Saaristo J, Paronen I, Pöyhönen L, Seppänen S. Adrenal pheochromocytoma-ganglioneuroma producing catecholamines and various neuropeptides. Acta Med Scand 2009; 224:403-8. [PMID: 3188992 DOI: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1988.tb19603.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A 65-year-old woman presenting with back pain, difficulties in walking and watery diarrhea. A right adrenal tumor and high excretion of catecholamines were found. Laboratory examinations showed raised levels of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, pancreatic polypeptide, gastrin and calcitonin. Histology showed a combined pheochromocytoma-ganglioneuroma. The neoplastic cell population was immunohistochemically shown to contain tyrosine hydroxylase, neuropeptide Y, met-enkephalin, substance P, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, calcitonin and calcitonin gene-related peptide. Postoperatively, the patient recovered fully and the hormone levels returned to normal.
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- J Salmi
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Central Hospital of Tampere, Finland
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Zimmermann P, Takala T, Pöyhönen L, Punnonen R. Ultrasonography of the thyroid gland in pregnancies complicated by autoimmune thyroid disease. J Clin Ultrasound 1993; 21:109-113. [PMID: 8381129 DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870210206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Thyroid function and ultrasonographically determined thyroid volume were studied in nine pregnant women with diagnosed autoimmune thyroid disease at regular intervals during pregnancy and two months after delivery. The results were compared to the findings in ten healthy pregnant women. In ultrasound examinations seven of the patients showed definite morphological changes such as hypoechogeneity and inhomogeneity of the thyroid gland, which did not change during the course of pregnancy nor during the post-partum period of eight weeks. There were no morphological changes in the thyroid glands of the control group. The mean thyroid volume did not significantly change during pregnancy and after delivery in both the patient group and controls. The mean thyroid volume was smaller in the study group, with 7.55 ml (SD 6.01) compared to the controls with 11.29 ml (SD 5.61), a difference which was not statistically significant. Neither course of pregnancy nor fetal outcome was influenced by inactive autoimmune disease of the thyroid.
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- P Zimmermann
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Metsähonkala L, Järvenpää P, Oksa H, Pasternack A, Pöyhönen L, Salmi J, Salo K. [Subacute thyroiditis]. Duodecim 1990; 106:1640-4. [PMID: 1364695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/25/2023]
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- L Metsähonkala
- Tampereen yliopiston kliinisen lääketieteen laitos, Tampere, Finland
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Pietilä K, Harmoinen A, Pöyhönen L, Koskinen M, Heikkila J, Ruosteenoja R. Intravenous streptokinase treatment and serum C-reactive protein in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Br Heart J 1987; 58:225-9. [PMID: 3663422 PMCID: PMC1216441 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.58.3.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Serum concentrations of C-reactive protein were studied in 23 patients with acute myocardial infarction. In 14 patients who did not receive thrombolytic treatment there was a linear relation between infarct size (determined by serial creatine kinase-MB determinations and thallium-201 isotope emission tomography) and the C-reactive protein response. The correlation coefficient between the concentration-time integrals of creatine kinase-MB and C-reactive protein was 0.96. The correlation coefficient between the creatine kinase-MB concentration-time integral and the peak serum value of C-reactive protein was 0.93. In the nine patients who received intravenous streptokinase treatment there was also a positive correlation between the concentration-time integrals of creatine kinase-MB and C-reactive protein. The relation, however, depended on the success of the treatment. In patients with successful reperfusion the C-reactive protein response was only approximately 20% of that in patients in whom reperfusion failed or who received no thrombolytic treatment and who were matched by infarct size. When thrombolysis was successful the correlation coefficient between the concentration-time integrals of creatine kinase-MB and C-reactive protein was 0.86. Daily measurement of serum C-reactive protein is useful in evaluating infarct size in patients with acute myocardial infarction who do not receive thrombolytic treatment. In patients treated with streptokinase C-reactive protein concentrations may be used to assess the success of thrombolysis.
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- K Pietilä
- Department of Medicine, Tampere University Central Hospital, Finland
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Frick MH, Cox DA, Himanen P, Huttunen M, Pitkäjärvi T, Pörsti P, Pöyhönen L, Pyykönen ML, Reinikainen P, Salmela P. Serum lipid changes in a one-year, multicenter, double-blind comparison of doxazosin and atenolol for mild to moderate essential hypertension. Am J Cardiol 1987; 59:61G-67G. [PMID: 2884854 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(87)90159-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Proatherogenic changes in serum lipid concentrations have been implicated as one of the major risk factors in the development of coronary artery disease. In a double-blind study, the new alpha 1-adrenoceptor inhibitor, doxazosin, was compared with atenolol for effects on the serum lipid profile. Ninety-six hypertensive patients were treated for up to 1 year with either doxazosin or atenolol once daily. There were statistically significant differences (p less than or equal to 0.01) between doxazosin and atenolol after 20 to 52 weeks of treatment in changes from baseline total triglyceride levels, high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels and HDL/total cholesterol ratio. The percentage of change from baseline and the statistical significance of the difference between treatment groups were: total triglycerides, doxazosin -5.9%, atenolol +32.4% (p = 0.01); HDL cholesterol, doxazosin +7.2%, atenolol -5.6% (p = 0.007) and HDL/total cholesterol ratio: doxazosin +8.7%, atenolol -6.2% (p = 0.006). All mean changes were in favor of doxazosin therapy. In addition, doxazosin treatment beneficially decreased total serum cholesterol levels (-1.6%) compared with atenolol (+0.6%), although not to a significant degree. The differences were maintained in the cohort of 67 patients treated for a full year. The favorable change exerted by doxazosin on the lipid profile suggests that it may have a beneficial influence on the lipid risk factor. These results, together with the sustained decrease in blood pressure achieved for up to 1 year of therapy, suggest that doxazosin may reduce the risk of coronary artery disease in susceptible patients.
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Koskinen M, Pöyhönen L, Seppänen S. Thallium-201 washout in coronary artery disease using SPECT--a comparison with coronary angiography. Eur J Nucl Med 1987; 12:609-12. [PMID: 3495436 DOI: 10.1007/bf00284536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In this study, tomographic 201Tl washout analysis and coronary angiography were compared in 100 subjects. Seventeen subjects with healthy coronary arteries were used as reference material, on the basis of which the reference ranges for both the total washout of the heart muscle and the regional washout were determined. With angiography as the standard, this material yielded the following sensitivity values for total myocardial washout: 80% for three vessel proximal disease (n = 30), 64% for peripheral three vessel disease (n = 14), 66% for two vessel disease (n = 29) and 71% for single vessel disease (n = 17). Specificity in the reference group was 94%. Sensitivity values for regional washout were 83%, 93%, 59% and 71%, respectively. Stress ECG gave about 10% lower sensitivities. As far as sensitivity is concerned, however, visual assessment of tomographic images proved to be the best single method. In three patients, washout analysis was necessary to reveal evenly distributed ischemia and in seven cases it was essential in order to confirm an uncertain diagnosis; in other words, washout analysis had diagnostic value in 10 of the 100 patients.
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Pietilä K, Harmoinen A, Pöyhönen L, Ruosteenoja R. C-reactive protein in subendocardial and transmural myocardial infarcts. Clin Chem 1986; 32:1596-7. [PMID: 3731470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The diagnosis of diffuse thyroid disorders in children is based mainly on hormone and antibody determinations and a cytologic sample taken by aspiration biopsy. The cytologic sample is not always obtainable in small children or when the thyroid gland is not enlarged. Thyroid antibodies lead to diagnosis only in a proportion of cases. Gamma imaging is not recommended in children because of the radiation risk. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that ultrasound imaging can detect diffuse thyroid disorders in children. Ultrasound images were abnormal in 92% of all subjects; they were abnormal in 97% of cases with thyroiditis and in most cases ultrasound was diagnostic. With antibody determinations, only 60% of the cases of thyroiditis could be diagnosed. Ultrasound imaging--a risk-free method--should be included in the diagnostic investigation of thyroid disorders.
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Frick MH, Halttunen P, Himanen P, Huttunen M, Pörsti P, Pitkäjärvi T, Pöyhönen L, Pyykönen ML, Reinikainen P, Salmela P. A long-term double-blind comparison of doxazosin and atenolol in patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1986; 21 Suppl 1:55S-62S. [PMID: 2939868 PMCID: PMC1400748 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1986.tb02854.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The efficacy and safety of doxazosin and atenolol were compared following once-daily administration for up to 1 year, with a minimum of 20 weeks' active treatment. According to response, patients received doxazosin 1-16 mg day-1 or atenolol 50-100 mg day-1. Mean daily doses at the final efficacy assessment (between 20 weeks and 1 year) were doxazosin 11.8 mg and atenolol 94.2 mg. Atenolol produced somewhat greater falls in blood pressure than doxazosin. The differences were statistically significant in the supine but not in the standing position. A small mean reduction in heart rate was produced by doxazosin whereas atenolol produced a marked bradycardia. Analysis of the same patient group at 20 weeks revealed similar overall profiles of activity except that atenolol produced greater falls in blood pressure than in the longer term analysis. Serum concentrations of HDL/total cholesterol ratio were raised in the doxazosin treatment group and lowered in the atenolol group. Triglyceride concentrations fell in the doxazosin group and rose in the atenolol group. Significant differences (P less than 0.001) were observed between treatment groups for these parameters, all differences being in favour of doxazosin. Pharmacokinetics of doxazosin, measured at steady state in 36 patients, showed dose-related plasma concentrations, a mean half-life of about 12 h and relatively low intersubject variation. The incidence of side-effects was slightly greater for patients in the doxazosin group. Drug-related side-effects were mostly mild to moderate in severity with no serious drug-related occurrences in either treatment group. No serious drug-related abnormalities in laboratory biochemistry and haematology tests were observed in either treatment group.
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Pöyhönen L, Uusitalo A, Virjo A. Emission tomography with 99mTc-pyrophosphate in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Eur J Nucl Med 1985; 10:489-93. [PMID: 2992989 DOI: 10.1007/bf00252739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Electrocardiograms (ECG) and enzyme criteria are usually used to confirm the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the case of chest pain. However, ECG is not always diagnostic. Elevated enzyme values may be due to causes other than myocardial infarction. In uncertain cases, the ECG and enzyme criteria can be supplemented by emission tomography, performed with technetium pyrophosphate that will accumulate in the site of infarction. Twenty-nine patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction were studied with emission tomography. Of these 12 had acute transmural infarction. Both enzyme tests and ECG were diagnostic in only 7 of these 12 cases, 4 had positive enzyme tests but a nondiagnostic ECG and in one case neither enzymes nor ECG were diagnostic. In 11 patients the infarcted myocardial area was detected with emission tomography. Six patients had acute nontransmural infarction. Only 2 of these had positive emission tomography. The chest pain was not due to infarction in 11 patients. All these patients had negative emission tomography. The sensitivity of emission tomography was 92% and specificity 100% in transmural acute infarction. In nontransmural infarction the specificity was only 33%. Emission tomography is a valuable diagnostic tool. It may be the decisive method when ECG and enzymes are not diagnostic. Emission tomography also shows the localization and size of the infarcted area in the myocardium.
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Pöyhönen L, Turjanmaa V, Virjo A. 99mTc particle perfusion/99mTc aerosol ventilation imaging using a subtraction technique in suspected pulmonary embolism. Eur J Nucl Med 1985; 10:417-21. [PMID: 3891351 DOI: 10.1007/bf00256582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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It is generally acknowledged that ventilation-perfusion mismatch is diagnostic of pulmonary embolism. Lung ventilation imaging with radioactive gases is a good method for the detection of pulmonary embolism, but it is not in widespread use because of the limited availability of 81mKr gas and the poor physical properties of 133Xe. Aerosols have been proposed, instead of gases for use in lung ventilation imaging. As perfusion and ventilation distributions may change very rapidly, the two imaging procedures should be done in rapid succession. The cheapest way to perform the combined perfusion-ventilation (Q/V) imaging is to use 99mTc-labelled macroaggregates and aerosols. In our method the perfusion imaging was done first, immediately followed by the ventilation imaging with 99mTc-labelled aerosols. A computer program was used to subtract the contribution of the perfusion from the combined Q/V image so that the pure ventilation image alone was obtained. The method was tested in 41 patients with suspected pulmonary embolism.
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Pöyhönen L. Supine and sitting maximal workload difference and response to long-term enalapril therapy in congestive heart failure. Clin Physiol 1985; 5:173-8. [PMID: 2986901 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097x.1985.tb00593.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Maximal workloads in supine and sitting bicycle stress tests were compared in 12 patients with congestive heart failure during long-term therapy with the vasodilator enalapril. The response to the therapy was observed with the supine and sitting bicycle stress tests and gated equilibrium ventriculography. The maximal workload was 68 W in the supine position and 84 W in the sitting position; the mean difference was 15 W. The difference was highly significant (P less than 0.001). Both the supine and sitting workloads were significantly higher (P less than 0.02 and P less than 0.05) in the enalapril group than in the placebo group. The findings in the gated equilibrium ventriculography were not significantly different between the two groups.
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To our knowledge, ultrasonography has not so far been used as an additional source of information in the early screening for congenital hypothyreosis. This study demonstrated, firstly, that the normal neonatal thyroid gland could always be recognized by ultrasonography and, secondly, that in congenital hypothyreosis absence of thyroid tissue from the normal site could be detected by ultrasonography, whereas ectopic tissue in the tongue could not readily be identified. The findings may be useful in the diagnosis of congenital hypothyreosis.
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Sovijärvi AR, Pöyhönen L, Kellomäki L, Muittari A. Effects of acute and long-term bronchodilator treatment on regional lung function in asthma assessed with krypton-81m and technetium-99m-labelled macroaggregates. Thorax 1982; 37:516-20. [PMID: 6215738 PMCID: PMC459358 DOI: 10.1136/thx.37.7.516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We have investigated the effect of acute and long-term bronchodilator treatment on the distribution of ventilation and perfusion in 15 asthmatics using a gamma camera, krypton-81m (for ventilation) and technetium-99m macroaggregate (for perfusion). Individual peak expiratory flow (PEF) values before bronchodilation were slightly or moderately below the predicted values. The simultaneous ventilation images (analysed visually) showed areas of delayed ventilation in all patients (mean distribution score on 3-point scale 2.1). After isoprenaline inhalation (240 micrograms) the mean PEF increased by 24%, but the distribution of ventilation remained virtually unchanged in all patients (mean score 2.0). Simultaneously defects in perfusion could be seen in all patients (mean score 1.5). After intensive treatment, when the mean PEF increased by a further 29%, the distribution scores of ventilation and perfusion fell to 0.8 and 0.9, respectively. The results indicate that, without intensive and long-term treatment, appreciable inequality of ventilation and perfusion are usual consequences of asthma; and suggest that although larger airways are dilated by isoprenaline inhalations residual bronchial obstruction may still remain in some smaller airways, maintaining uneven distribution. Perfusion disturbances seem to be secondary to changes in regional ventilation.
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1 Pindolol and propranolol were administered orally in equipotent antihypertensive doses to 14 subjects with mild to moderate hypertension in an open cross-over study. 2 Pindolol caused a smaller decrease in plasma renin activity and heart rate than propranolol. 3 Glomerular filtration rate and effective renal plasma flow remained unchanged during therapy with either agent.
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Pöyhönen L, Heikkinen J, Vehkalahti I. Two different primary tumours of the brain in a patient with breast cancer. Eur J Nucl Med 1979; 4:483-4. [PMID: 230047 DOI: 10.1007/bf00300851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Some reports on multiple primary brain tumours have been published. When one or more tumours are found in brain scintigraphy they are often supposed to be metastases. Further investigations may thus be given up, especially if the patient has or has had a malignant tumour in some other part of the body. In this report a case is described where the patient began to have cerebral symptoms two years after she had been operated for breast cancer. In the scintigraphy a tumour was found in both brain hemispheres. The tumours were regarded as metastases. But when the patient died in a geriatric hospital it was recognized from the autopsy that one tumour was a meningioma and the other a glioblastoma multiforme.
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