JOAQUIM MAURICIO DA MOTTA LEAL FILHO
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Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
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- Totally implantable venous catheters: insertion via internal jugular vein with pocket implantation in the arm is an alternative for diseased thoracic walls(2012) ZERATI, Antonio Eduardo; WOLOSKER, Nelson; MOTTA-LEAL-FILHO, Joaquim Mauricio da; NABUCO, Pedro Henrique Xavier; PUECH-LEAO, PedroPurpose: Insertion of totally implantable catheters via deep vessels that drain into the superior vena cava results in a lower incidence of venous thrombosis and infection as compared to catheters inserted into femoral and arm veins. Superior vena cava obstruction and inadequacy of the thoracic wall are conditions that prevent reservoir implantation in the chest wall. In this article, we describe a technical innovation that enables the pocket to be fixed in the arm while still allowing access to be achieved via the internal jugular vein. Method: The procedure reported maintains the use of the internal jugular vein for access even when the patient's chest is not suited for reservoir implantation, which is localized in the arm. Results: The procedure was successful and no complications occurred. The position of the catheter tip did not alter with arm movement. Conclusion: The implantation of a port reservoir in the arm following venous access via the internal jugular vein is both safe and convenient.
- Vascular smooth muscle cells exhibit a progressive loss of rigidity with serial culture passaging(2012) DINARDO, Carla Luana; VENTURINI, Gabriela; OMAE, Samantha Vieira; ZHOU, Enhua H.; MOTTA-LEAL-FILHO, Joaquim Maurcio da; DARIOLLI, Rafael; KRIEGER, Jose Eduardo; ALENCAR, Adriano Mesquita; PEREIRA, Alexandre CostaOne drawback of in vitro cell culturing is the dedifferentiation process that cells experience. Smooth muscle cells (SMC) also change molecularly and morphologically with long term culture. The main objective of this study was to evaluate if culture passages interfere in vascular SMC mechanical behavior. SMC were obtained from five different porcine arterial beds. Optical magnetic twisting cytometry (OMTC) was used to characterize mechanically vascular SMC from different cultures in distinct passages and confocal microscopy/western blotting, to evaluate cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix proteins. We found that vascular SMC rigidity or viscoelastic complex modulus (G) decreases with progression of passages. A statistically significant negative correlation between G and passage was found in four of our five cultures studied. Phalloidin-stained SMC from higher passages exhibited lower mean signal intensity per cell (confocal microscopy) and quantitative western blotting analysis showed a decrease in collagen I content throughout passages. We concluded that vascular SMC progressively lose their stiffness with serial culture passaging. Thus, limiting the number of passages is essential for any experiment measuring viscoelastic properties of SMC in culture.