Right heart catheterization was performed 120 times in 112 cardiac cases admitted into Chung-Shan Hospital of Shanghai First Medical College in a period of 13 months from September 1957 to September 1958. Catheterization was done in this series of cases chiefly for the purpose of studying the hemodynamic changes in the lesser circulation and as an aid to diagnosis in congenital heart diseases and rheumatic mitral valvular disease, when cardiac surgery was considered for treatment. In 8 of them catheterization...
Right heart catheterization was performed 120 times in 112 cardiac cases admitted into Chung-Shan Hospital of Shanghai First Medical College in a period of 13 months from September 1957 to September 1958. Catheterization was done in this series of cases chiefly for the purpose of studying the hemodynamic changes in the lesser circulation and as an aid to diagnosis in congenital heart diseases and rheumatic mitral valvular disease, when cardiac surgery was considered for treatment. In 8 of them catheterization was repeated 6 weeks after surgical repair of an interauricular septal defect or valvotomy of a stenotic pulmonic valve. In this paper the entire procedure of catheterization has been described in detail, particuhrly with regard to some technics of manipulation of the catheter in order to let it get through the tricuspid and pulmonic orifice, and to wedge it into the "pulmonary capillary". Indications, contraindications, complications and results of catheterization in our cases have been dicussed. Among the complications, cardiac arrhythmia was the most common but it was seldom serious. Electrocardiographic observation during the procedure showed that premature beats especially of ventricular origin occured nearly in every case. Two patients developed pulmonary edema shortly after catheterization. One of them survived, while the other unfortunately died in spite of energetic treatment. Both were cases of mitral stenosis with marked pulmonary hypertension. In the entire series of 112 cases, catheterization helped us to establish the diagnosis in 107 of them, among which 68 patients were operated upon after catheterization, and in 66 of them the preoperative diagnoses proved to be correct. According to the material presented, right heart catheterization appears to be a comparatively safe and useful procedure in the diagnosis of cardiac diseases.
The wheat plants subjected to a moderate soil drought at seedling stage gave a greateryield either under full water supply condition or exposed once again to the drought at bootingstage.The rate of drying and the extent of dryness all affected the hardening effect.It seemsthat a relatively long period was necessary for the repair of damage by the drought.An op-posite result was obtained with spring sowing wheat plants because their growth period wasso short that the plants entered reproductive growth before...
The wheat plants subjected to a moderate soil drought at seedling stage gave a greateryield either under full water supply condition or exposed once again to the drought at bootingstage.The rate of drying and the extent of dryness all affected the hardening effect.It seemsthat a relatively long period was necessary for the repair of damage by the drought.An op-posite result was obtained with spring sowing wheat plants because their growth period wasso short that the plants entered reproductive growth before they could recover from the damageinflicted on the plants during drought treatment.The plants that had been hardened at seedling stage grew afterwards much better thanthe nontreated plants:the root system renewed and enhanced,the leaf-area of the upmost threeleaves enlarged,the chlorophyll content increased and the rate of accumulation of dry matteraccelerated.A greater ratio of free water to bound water content was observed in such harden-ed plants.Under drought condition the hardened plants were distinguished by heightened intensity ofwater metabolism.They showed a greater water content(especially free water)and alower water deficit.The permeability of protoplasm of hardened plants was less susceptibleto the injury from drought than that of control plants.They also exhibited a greater abilityto withstand dehydration.Thus the increased drought resistance of hardened wheat plantswas not only due to avoidance,but also tolerance.
This paper discusses the arc-extinction principle of an air-blast disconnecting switch and the methods of design of the air-blast equipment. The results of laboratory experiments and field tests of the interrupting capacity of this switch-under the conditions of 330 amperes of short circuit current in a 35 kv. power system, and--220 amperes of parallel-connected branch load current in 220 kv. power system,-are also given in this paper. Test results reveal that the length of arc is reduced considerably in such...
This paper discusses the arc-extinction principle of an air-blast disconnecting switch and the methods of design of the air-blast equipment. The results of laboratory experiments and field tests of the interrupting capacity of this switch-under the conditions of 330 amperes of short circuit current in a 35 kv. power system, and--220 amperes of parallel-connected branch load current in 220 kv. power system,-are also given in this paper. Test results reveal that the length of arc is reduced considerably in such a disconnecting switch as compared with that in conventional disconnecting switch. After the test upon examination it was found there was only slight pitting on the arcing horns, thus it is concluded that air-blast disconnecting switch can work continuously, no without needing repairs or maintenance,