Objective: To observe the eff ect and mechanism of chronic high-fat diet on predation behavior in rats. Methods: Ten female SD rats with 4-week-old were randomly divided into a normal control group (NC group,n=5) and a chronic high-fat diet group (HF group,n=5). The rats in the NC group received the regular diet while rats in the HF group were fed with high-fat diet. Fitf een weeks later, the predation behavior of rats was evaluated by open if eld test and food foraging tests. At the end of experiments, the rats were killed and brain tissues were collected for evaluation of c-Fos protein expression in anterior cingulate cortex by immunohistochemical assay. Results: hT e predation behavior of rats in the HF group was signiif cantly impaired in the competitive or non-competitive food foraging test compared with the control rats (P<0.001). hT e c-fos protein expression in anterior cingulate cortex of rats from the HF group was signiif cantly decreased (P<0.001). Conclusion: Long time high-fat diet can aff ect the predation behavior of rats, which is related todysfunction of neuron in anterior cingulate cortex.

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the immediate and follow-up results of percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation (PTSMA) in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM).

METHODSFifteen symptomatic, drug-refractory patients with HOCM underwent PTSMA procedures with application of a myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) intra-procedure. Before and after the procedure, clinical evaluations were obtained in all patients, who were followed up for a mean period of 8.6 +/- 3.8 (6-20) months.

RESULTSImmediate left ventricular outflow tract gradient (LVOTG) reduction was achieved (77.93 +/- 22 mm Hg vs 14.8 +/- 15 mm Hg, P < 0.0001) after the procedure with a mean decrease of 5.75 +/- 2.87 mm Hg of left ventricular end diastolic pressure (P < 0.001). Follow up results revealed that ventricular remodelling occurred mainly 1-3 months after the procedure, but without evidence of ventricular dilation and contract dysfunction. Heart function (NYHA) was greatly improved (3.4 +/- 0.5 vs 1.1 +/- 0.4, P < 0.001) and exercise endurance increased. A renewed increase of LVOTG was found in 2 patients during follow-up.

CONCLUSIONSLVOTG was greatly decreased in HOCM patients undergoing a PTSMA procedure, and their symptoms were greatly improved without cardiac complications during follow-up. Sub-selection and reopening of target vessels were the causes of renewed increase of LVOTG, and this can be avoided with the accumulation of experience. This is a promising method for the treatment of symptomatic patients with HOCM.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic ; diagnostic imaging ; physiopathology ; surgery ; Echocardiography ; Electrocardiography ; Female ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged

Objective To assess the effect of anemia on long-term outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome(ACS) undergoing pereutaneous coronary intervention(PCI). Methods In 3136 patients presenting with ACS,636 patients were anemic. The clinical features, mortality and major cardiocerebral events including non-fatal acute myocardial infaret,revascularization and non-fatal cerebral stroke were compared in patients with or without anemia. The average follow-up period was 550 days. Results Anemic patients were older and had a higher percentage of comorbidities compared with nonanemic cohorts. Compared with nonanemic patients, anemic patients had higher mortality (4.7% versus 1.5% ,P <0. 001) and a higher major adverse end point events,including nonfatalmyocardial infarction, stroke and revaseularization (14.2% versus 11.0%, P = 0.032). After adjustment for comorbidities, anemia was associated with a higher risk of mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention (adjusted hazard rate ratioRR2. 166 ;95% CI 1. 298-3. 612 ;P =0.003). Conclusion Anemia before PCI is an independent factor for predicting the long-term mortality of ACS.

Objective To evaluate the effect of clopidogrel premedication on in-hospital major adverse cardiovascular and cerebral events (MACCE) and bleeding outcomes before coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Method A total of 2021 patients who underwent CABG from July 2003 to September 2005 were divided into either clopidogrel ( n = 479) or no clopidogrel (1542) group before CABG. Patients with clopidogrel administration ( n = 479) were subdivided into < 5 d ( n = 154) ,5～7d(n = 183)and >7d(n = 142) group according to timing of clopidogrel withdrawal before surgery. In-hospital MACCE and perioperative bleeding outcomes were analyzed among groups. Results Patients who took clopidogrel before surgery had nonsignificantly rates of bleeding and in-hospital MACCE compared with those patients not administered clopidogrel. No differences were found about the incidence of total bleeding,minor bleeding,transfusions of red blood cells,fresh frozen plasma,whole blood and in-hosptial MACCE among three subgroups.The < 5 d group had higher incidence of major bleeding and more platelets transfusions than 5 ～ 7 d [47.8% vs. 31.9%,P < 0.017; (0.08 ±0.38) U vs. (0.00±0.00) U,P <0.017,respectively]and >7 d group [47.8% vs. 20.3%,P <0.017; (0.08±0.38) U vs. (0.00±0.00) U,P <0.017,respectively). However,there were no significant differences between 5 ～ 7 d and > 7 d group ( P > 0.05). Conclusions Gopidogrel administration before CABG does not increase the incidence of in-hospital MACCE events. However,the perioperative risk of bleeding will rise if the patients withhold clopidogrel less than five days before surgery.

24 hours) PCI. Results Among 1013 patients enrolled in the SUNDAY registry, 438 (male 74.8%, unstable angina 94.1%) received PCI after CAG, 35 patients received PCI within 24 hours [(1.0?0.0) day, group I], and 403 after 24 hours [ (7.5 ? 7.3) days, group II] of hospitalization (P

Objective To evaluate the prognosis of drug-during stent (DES) implantation in elderly patients versus non-elderly patients, and to determine the clinical outcome of complete revascularization strategy versus incomplete revascularization strategy in elderly patients. Methods Patients who were treated with at least 1 DES in our hospital were enrolled in the study. They were divided into 3 groups: the elderly group (aged 75～89 years), the presenium group (age 60～74years) and the non-elderly group (aged 40～59 years). The patients aged 60～89 years were further divided into complete revascularization group and incomplete revascularization group according the Percutaneous interventional the rapy (PCI) strategy. Clinical characteristics, angiographical and interventional data were collected. Results The success rate of PCI procedure was 99.3% in elderly group(n=137), 98.7% in presenium group(n= 1006), and 99.3% in non-elderly group(n= 1031).There were no significant differences among the three groups(P>0.05). The in-hospital mortality was highest in the elderly group among the three groups (1.5%, 0.4%, 0.1%, P<0.05), but the in-hospital rates of re-infarction, repeated revascularization and stroke had no significant differences among the three groups (P>0.05). During follow-up, the rates of death and stroke were highest in the elderly group(3.1%, 2.3%, 0.7%, P<0. 01;1.5% , 1.3%, 0.3%, P<0.05, respectively),but the rates of re-infarction and repeated revascularization among the three groups had no significant differences (all P>0.05). By Cox regression analysis, serum creatinine (OR= 2.961,95%CI=1. 643～5.338,P<0.01), gender (OR=2.661,95%C1=1.376～5.145 ,P<0.01), age(OR=2.687,95%CI=1.329～5.434, P<0.01), multi-vessel disease(OR= 1.735,95 %CI= 1.132～2.661, P<0.05), and old myocardial infarction (OR = 2.041 ; 95% CI = 1.026～4.061; P<0.05) were the independent predictors for all-cause death in patients aged 60～74 years. The in-hospital mortality was higher in the incomplete revascularization group than in complete revascularization group in patients aged 60～74 years (1.4% vs. 0.2%, P<0.05). Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that the incomplete revascularization strategy was not the independent predictor of in-hospital death (OR=0.307; 95%CI=0.011～8.467; P>0.05). Conclusions Although DES implanting is successfully procedured in presenium and elderly patients, it is associated with higher in-hospital mortality, especially in patients aged ≥75 years . Presenium and elderly patients are to be more benefit from complete revascularization strategy, but the incomplete revascularization strategy does not influence the long-term outcomes.

Objective: To investigate the incidence and clinical characteristics of left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) . Methods: Data from 10 440 patients with AF who had undergone transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) before cardioversion or catheter ablation at Beijing Anzhen Hospital from April 2006 to December 2018 were retrospectively screened. Two hundred and five HCM patients were included, 820 AF patients with the same CHA₂DS₂-VASc score over the same period were selected as the control group. HCM patients were divided into two subgroups based on presence or absence of LAA thrombus/sludge. The baseline of clinical information, transthoracic echocardiographic and TEE measures were compared among all the groups. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the diagnostic value of left atrial diameter (LAD) for LAA thrombus/sludge. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was applied to analyze the correlative factors of LAA thrombus/sludge in HCM patients. Results: The incidences of LAA thrombus or sludge were higher in HCM group than in control group (10.7% (22/205) vs. 0.7% (6/820); 8.8% (18/205) vs.7.0% (57/820), P<0.001) . In HCM patients, LAD was significantly larger in LAA thrombus/sludge subjects than in those without thrombus/sludge ((48.9±5.1)mm vs. (45.2±6.1) mm, P<0.001). CHA₂DS₂-VASc score was similar between the two subgroups ((2.0±1.4) vs. (1.8±1.4), P>0.05). There was no difference in the rate of patients with a CHA₂DS₂-VASc scores ≥2 between the subgroups(62.5% (25/40) vs. 57.0% (94/165), P=0.525). The incidences of LAA thrombus in HCM and AF patients with CHA₂DS₂-VASc scores of 0, 1 and 2 were 8.8% (3/34) , 9.6% (5/52) , 11.8% (11/119) , respectively; and the rate of LAA sludge were 8.8% (3/52) , 7.7% (4/52) , 9.2% (11/119) , respectively. The cut off value of LAD for the diagnosis of LAA thrombus/sludge was 44.5 mm. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that LAD≥44.5 mm (OR=5.134, 95%CI 1.862-14.156, P=0.002) , non-paroxysmal AF (OR=2.782, 95%CI 1.238-6.252, P=0.013) , previous thromboembolism or stroke (OR=1.820, 95%CI 0.774-4.227, P=0.017) were independent determinants of LAA thrombus/sludge. Conclusions The incidence of LAA thrombus/sludge is higher in patients with HCM and AF than in AF patients without HCM. The CHA₂DS₂-VASc score is similar between HCM and AF patients with LAA thrombus/sludge and those without thrombus/sludge. Patients with CHA₂DS₂-VASc score 0-1 are also likely to suffer LAA thrombus/sludge. Left atrial enlargement is associated with LAA thrombus/sludge.

Objective: To investigate the effect of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOAC) on left atrial or atrial appendage (LA/LAA) thrombi in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). Method: Data from 3 042 patients with atrial fibrillation(AF), who underwent transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) examination before cardioversion or catheter ablation for the detection of LA/LAA thrombus in our department from March 2016 to January 2018 were prospectively analyzed. Among these patients, LA/LAA thrombus was detected by TEE in 57 patients. A total of 19 patients who received dabigatran or rivaroxaban for ≥3 weeks and underwent repeated TEE were included, 38 patients were excluded (7 patients with rheumatic heart disease, 1 patient treated with pericardial decortication, 1 patient treated with surgical repair of endocardial cushion defect, 1 patient with LA thrombus associated with the atrial septal occluder device, 14 patients received warfarin therapy, 14 patients did not receive repeated TEE). Results: First repeated TEE results showed that LA/LAA thrombus was not completely resolved in 4 out of 4 patients treated with dabigatran (110 mg bid) for a median time of 119 (47, 258) days, whereas LA/LAA thrombus was completely resolved in 5 out of 11 patients treated with dabigatran (150 mg bid) for a median time of 80 (58, 147) days. Thrombus was completely resolved in 2 out of 2 patients treated with rivaroxaban (15 mg qd) for 110 days and 95 days respectively, and in 1 out of 2 patients treated with rivaroxaban (20 mg qd) for 91 days. Second repeated TEE was performed in 8 patients. Thrombus was resolved completely in 2 out of 3 patients with undissolved thrombus treated by dabigatran (110 mg bid) after increasing the dabigatran dosage (150 mg bid). Thrombus was resolved in 3 (1 patient prolonged treatment with dabigatran 150 mg bid and 2 patients switched to rivaroxaban 20 mg qd) out of 4 patients with undissolved thrombus under the dabigatran 150 mg bid regimen, whereas the thrombus remained unresolved in 1 patient switched to rivaroxaban (15 mg qd). After receiving rivaroxaban 15 mg bid treatment, the thrombus was finally resolved in 1 patient with undissolved thrombus treated by rivaroxaban 20 mg qd. There was no clinical thromboembolism or major bleeding events during the median follow up time of 462 (305, 558) days. Conclusions Our data show that NOAC is an effective therapeutic option for the treatment of LA/LAA thrombi. When eligible, a higher NOAC dosage may be preferred due to the higher efficacy on thrombus resolvement.