Objective To study the association of sex, body mass index and insulin resistance with serum leptin in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods one hundred and eight patients were divided into two groups according to BMI: diabetic obese group and diabetic normal BMI group.Their weight and height were measured. Fasting plasma glucose(FPG),fasting true insulin(FTI),postprandial true insulin(PTI),and fasting serum leptin(LEP) were also measured. ISI=1/(FPG?FTI) as insulin sensitivity index were used to analyse the relation between leptin and insulin resistance. Results ⑴The serum leptin,body mass index,FTI and PTI were significantly higher in diabetic obese group than diabetic normal BMI group. ISI was significantly lower in diabetic obese group than diabetic normal BMI group. ⑵Female serum leptin levels were significantly higher than male serum leptin levels in diabetic obese group and diabetic normal BMI group. ⑶Fasting leptin was correlated with sex. Leptin was positively corrected with body mass index,FTI and was negatively corrected with ISI. Serum leptin wasn't correlated with FPG. Conclusin Serum leptin level is associated with sex,BMI and insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes.

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Objective:To systematically assess the value of 2 dimension color Doppler ultrasound(2D-CDUS) in diagnosis,surgical treatment and interventional therapy of carotid artery stenosis. Methods: Twenty seven carotid stenosis patients were examined before and after operation with 2D-CDUS. The morphology and hemodynamic of carotid artery were detected. Results: Pre-operative examination showed that there were 17 cases with stenosis degree being 50%-70%, 2 cases 71%-79%, 5 cases 80%-90%, 3 cases 90%-99%. Twelve cases were operated on with carotid endarterectomy(CEA), 15 cases with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent(PTAS). After operation all the vessels with CEA were patent, colored well and blood velocity was close to normal. Residual intima was observed floating in the blood vessel in only one patient. In the patients treated by PTAS, the location and courser of the stents were normal,and the vessels were patent. Conclusion: 2D-CDUS is convenient to use and non-invasive, which can assess extracranial carotid stenosis accurately before operation, assess the curative effect and detect the complications after operation.

Objective:To assess the value of Transcranial Two Dimensional Color Doppler Ultrasound(TC-2D-CDUS) in diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis and in follow-up study after surgical treatment.Methods: Thirteen patients with carotid artery stenosis, who were excluded from vertebral or intracranial diseases, were detected before and after operation with TC-2D-CDUS. Results: TC-2D-CDUS indicated that 2 patients' image were not satisfactory, and the blood velocity of middle cerebral artery (MCA) in the same side of lesion was lowered to different extents in the other 11 patients. The waveform was blunted in 3 patients with their systolic peak disappeared, acceleration time prolonged, and the direction of the anterior cerebral artery(ACA) in the same side inverted.After operation,TC-2D-CDUS indicated that MCA blood velocity and the direction of ACA were normal. The blood distribution was symmetric in bilateral brains. Conclusion: TC-2D-CDUS can provide intracranial hemodynamic information. It can be used in the follow-up study after operation,helping to make accurate judgement and discover complications.

Velocity vector imaging (VVI) is a promising and relatively new noninvasive method of assessing wall movement and flexible features of vessels,being able to qualitatively, quantitatively, accurately and intuitively assess mechanical characteristics of vascular wall movement. VVI can reflect changes of characteristics of flexibility and movement of carotid artery in early atherosclerosis and plaque rotation angle. It provides a new way for the study of unstable plaque. The research and current status of clinical application of VVI were reviewed in this article.

0.05) and systolic velocity of regional myocardium, the difference between Ven and Vep, and mitral valve annulus have improved during the follow up study( P

Objective To investigate the value of Doppl er tissue imaging (DTI) in detecting chronic ischemic myocardium before and after gene transfer. Methods An Ameroid constrictor was placed around the left circumflex artery of each open-chest pig. After 4 weeks, groupⅠandⅡwere intramyocardially administrated recombinant adenovirus coding for the vascular endothelial growth factors(Ad.VEGF-B) or phosphate buffer(PB). After 4 weeks, their hearts were removed for pathological investigation. Color M-mode, two-dimensional and spectrum DTI of lateral-posterior wall before operation, 2 weeks and 4 weeks after Ameroid placement, 2 weeks and 4 weeks after administration were studied. Results Color of normal myocardium was bright, filling and distinct stratified, and of ischemic myocardium faint, local lost and cloudy stratified. After gene transfer, color filling became better and stratification distinct. Normal V S of apical four chamber view (AP-4CV) was greater than that of left ventricular papillary muscle level short axis view (LVPM-SAM)(P

70 y).Five hundred common carotids were assessed in 250 healthy subjects using two-dimentional color Doppler ultrasound (2D-CDUS).The diameter(D),intimal medial thickness(IMT), hemodynamics parameters including shear rate(SR) were recorded. Results:The diameter of normal carotids increased along with age, there was no significant difference among groupⅠ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ and between group Ⅳ, Ⅴ; Respectively compared with group Ⅰ,Ⅱand groupⅢ, the D of group Ⅳ, Ⅴ increase significantly(P

Objective To analyse the mitral annular abnormal motion in patients with myocardial infarction by using M-mode and freguency spectrum Doppler tissue imaging (DTI-M), and study its clinical value in assessing the LV function. Methods The total systolic annular displacement (MD), early diastolic displacement (MDe), late diastolic displacement (MDa) of posterier valve of mitral annular, systolic and diastolic motion velocilies (V S,V E,V A), time velocity integrals (TV IS,TV IE,TV IA) of the lateral wall of the mitral annulus were determined with DTI-M mode and freguency spectrum from apical four-chamber view in 28 cases of patients with myocardial infarction. Results The MD, MDe, MDe/MDa in patients with myocardial infarction were found to be decreased significantly (P

50%) and healthy volunteers(n=50, age and gender matched). IMT measurement, calibrated IBS(C-IBS, C-IBS=intima-media IBS-adventitia IBS) analysis and brachial artery EDV measurement were done with 7.5 MHz transducer of SONOS HP 5500, and the results were compared in the 5 groups. Results:IMT was similar in hypertensive, DM and hypertensive combined with DM groups, thicker than that in healthy volunteers(P