The cardiac tumors - some exceptional heart conditions.

Cardiac tumors are exceptional cardiac conditions, since they have a minimal occurrence, according to statistics. The cardiac myxoma cases are the most dominant for the representative examples for these clinical situations. Those tumors being benign, the patients enjoy a reasonable life expectancy provided they receive an early diagnosis. In the absence of potential complications, the symptoms can vary very much and they may often be non-specific, a fact which makes it more difficult to establish a proper diagnosis and to quickly tailor the optimal therapeutic solutions. Surgery is, in the most cases, a comfortable solution, allowing the cases to be permanently healed. Nowadays, cardiac surgery provides all the needed facilities to diagnose cases at an early stage, when diagnosis is quick and accurate. This paper illustrates, by the means of two suggestive cases, how difficult it is to establish a quick positive diagnosis, which is vital for healing this condition with an evolutionary risk frequently worsen by major complications.

Absorption and steady state fluorescence study of interaction between eosin and bovine serum albumin.

The interaction between eosin and bovine serum albumin in buffer solution, at pH 7.4 has been studied by means of absorption and emission spectroscopy. Applying the Scatchard model to the absorbance data a non-linear plot was obtained, reflecting a complex process. In the fluorescence spectra, two distinct effects were observed. Upon increasing the protein-dye ratio to about 0.60, the intensity of eosin emission band (544 nm) decreases to approximately 30% of its initial value. During this quenching, a small red shift is noticed. The data were rationalized in terms of two classes of binding sites. At higher protein concentrations, a new band localized at 556 nm appears, which could be assigned to a new fluorescent species. This second process corresponds to a 1:1 binding.