AIM: To study the chloride channel activity [ICl_(Ca)] in vascular smooth cells of the spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). METHODS: The vascular beds of mesenteric arteries were isolated from the pentobarbital anesthetized rats and perfused with 37 ℃ PSS at a constant flow rate. The vasoconstriction response to norepinphrine (NE) was determined by changes in perfused pressure. The strips of the rat arteries were mounted in an organ chamber filled with 37 ℃ PSS and the vascular tension was measured. RESULTS: (1) The contractile responses of mesenteric arteries to NE in SHR were greater than that in Wistar rats. (2) The inhibitory magnitude of the contractile response by niflumic acid in SHR was significantly less than that in Wistar rats and showed dose-dependent manner. (3) Decreasing the extracellular Cl~- concentration increased the contractile response to NE significantly and the amplitude of enhanced contractile response in SHR was greater than that in Wistar rats. CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that NE-induced contraction is enhanced in SHR, which is partly due to an increase in Cl~- efflux through the Ca~(2+)-activated Cl~- channels. The chloride channel activity may increase in association with the elevation of vascular tone and blood pressure.

Objective:To study the characteristics of stress faced by and coping style of patients with tempormandibular disorder (TMD). Methods: Thirty patients with TMD and thirty normal controls participated in the study. All subjects were asked to answer the psychological rating questionnaires, including life events scale (LES) and trait coping style questionnaire (TCSQ). The muscle electricity were also measured when the subjects were exposed to an acute stress situation. Results: There were significant difference in LES, TCSQ and response to acute stress. Patients with TMD encountered more life events than normal controls. They also used more negative coping styles and less positive ones. The responses evoked by acute stress situation were more intense and lasted longer than normal controls. Conclusion: Stressful life events, coping style and responses evoked by acute stress may play a significant role in etiology of TMD.

BACKGROUND: Recent researches demonstrate that transplantation of bone marrow stem cells in the area of myocardial infarction can directionally differentiate into myocardial cells having normal physiological function and can promote newborn vascularization so as to repair infarction myocardium and improve injured cardiac function.OBJECTIVE: To observe short-term clinical effect of autologous bone marrow stem cell transplantation (ABMSCT) in percutaneous coronary artery on the treatment of acute myocardial infarction.DESIGN: Self-control study.SETTING: Department of Cardiology, Xiangtan Central Hospital.PARTICIPANTS: A total of 27 patients with acute myocardial infarction, including 16 males and 11 females, were selected from Department of Cardiology, Xiangtan Central Hospital from June 2004 to December 2006. Their ages coronary artery was finished after onset emergently; in addition, blood flow of infraction related vessels recovered to grade TIMI3. All patients provided the confirmed consent.METHODS: Operative procedure: All patients were performed with emergently interventional therapy of coronary artery after onset of acute myocardial infarction. One week later, percutaneous cavity tube technique was used to establish infarction related arterial pathway, and guiding filament was used to send micro-perfusion tube into stents. And then,separated bone marrow stem cell suspension was poured through central cavity of micro-tube into the distal end of infarction vessels. Operative evaluation: Dynamic electrocardiogram was evaluated for 24 hours before and after transplantation; in addition, left ventricular ejection fraction and myocardial perfusion defect scores were detected before and at 6 and 12 months after transplantation; otherwise, recovery state and complication were observed in follow up at 6 and 12 months after operation.defect scores: At 6 and 12 months after operation, left ventricular ejection fraction was higher than that before transplantation, and there was significant difference before and after transplantation (P＜0.05). While, myocardial perfusion defect scores were lower than those before transplantation, and there was significant difference before and arrhythmia were not found out, cardiac arrhythmia was not increased, and cardiac arrhythmia combining with malignancy not have any complications and in-stent constriction after operation.

Objective:To identify the risk factors of anxiety disorders among patients undergoing coronary angiography (CAG) and to determine whether the decision of revascularization affect anxiety level following coronary angiography.
Methods:A total of 379 patients undergoing CAG in Fuwai Hospital from Dec. 2012 to Dec. 2013 were invited to participate this study. A data-collecting form, which included questions about demographic features, health history, Type A Behavior Questionnaire (TABQ) and Self Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), was completed by the participants on the day before and the day after CAG.
Result:Among these patients, SAS score of both before and the day after CAG were higher than Chinese normative SAS score. Female patients had a higher SAS score level than male patients (40.57±9.53 vs 38.26±9.61, P<0.05) before CAG. Patients with these factors of female, over 50 years old, duration of coronary artery disease over 1 year, lower education level had a higher SAS score after CAG. SAS score declined signiifcantly after CAG except those scheduled to receive CABG. Multivariable linear analysis found the D-value between SAS scores before and after CAG was negative correlated with degree of education and positive correlated with the duration of coronary artery disease.
Conclusion:The anxiety level decreased after CAG, except those who need coronary revascularization surgery.

Purpose To assess the clinical application of non-contrast-enhanced MR angiography (NCE-MRA) using flow sensitive dephasing (FSD) prepared steady-state free precession (SSFP) for displaying hand arteries of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Materials and Methods Twenty-two patients with rheumatoid arthritis were recruited in this study. All the patients undertook hand NCE-MRA and three-dimensional dynamic CE-MRA on a 1.5T MR scanner. The informed consent was obtained from each subject. Image quality was assessed independently by two experienced radiologists at three arterial segments (wrist arteries, palm arteries, andfinger arteries) with a four-point scale. Signal to noise ratio (SNR), contrast to noise ratio (CNR), and vessel sharpness were evaluated by a magnetic resonance physicist. The results and image quality were statistically compared between the two MRA techniques.Results Twenty-two patients of 24 hands successfully underwent NCE-MRA and CE-MRA scan. Among 72 vascular segments, 69 segments of NCE-MRA were diagnostic, which was higher than that of CE-MRA (96% vs 83%,P<0.05). Otherwise, the image quality, SNR, CNR and vessel sharpness of NCE-MRA were all superior to those of CE-MRA (P<0.05).Conclusion NCE-MRA using FSD-prepared SSFP allows clear depiction of the hand arterial tree, and the image quality is superior to that of dynamic CE-MRA. It is a potential tool for evaluating the disease of hand arteries.

BACKGROUND:Animal experiments have demonstrated that transplanted bone marrow stem cells (BMSCs)in the myocardial infarction region can directionally differentiate into myocardial cells with normal physiological function and promote neovascularization. Clinical studies have also showed that the cardiac function can be improved in myocardial infarction and cardiomyopathy patients after stem cell transplantation.OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of autologous BMSCs transplantation on short-term cardiac function of patients with heart failure of ischemic cardiomyopathy.DESIGN: Self-control study.SETTING: Department of Cardiology, Xiangtan Central Hospital.PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-one patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, including 13 males and 8 females, aged (64±6)years,who received treatment in the Department of Cardiology,Xiangtan Central Hospital of Hunan Province from March 2004 to January 2006 were retrieved. Inclusive criteria: with previous myocardial infarction at least once, B-mode ultrasonic cardiac examination showed that cardiac chamber was expanded, obvious cardiac inadequacy or stenocardia existed before stent implantation and hospitalized repeatedly, underwent percutaneous coronary artery intervention for restoring blood flow of infarcted vessel to TIMI3 degree over 3 months,but cardiac inadequacy existed to different degrees.Coronary arteriongraphy showed that no stenosis was found in the stent implanted in the coronary artery.Informed consents were obtained from all the patients.METHODS:After admission, all the patients received BMSCs transplantation based on routine drug treatment.Infarction-related arterial passage was established by percutaneous transluminal catheter technique and occluded by balloon.Isolated bone marrow stem cell suspension was injected into infarction-related arterial passage through the central cavity of catheter. ① Left ventricular ejection fractions (LVEF) and left ventricular end-diastolic diameter(LVDd)were measured before and 6 months after transplantation.② 24-hour dynamic electrocardiogram evaluation was conducted before and 6 months after transplantation under the precondition of not taking antiarrhythmic drugs. ③Clinical cardiac functional grading was conducted before and 6 months after transplantation by NYHA grading method: Grade Ⅰto Ⅳ: the higher grade, the severer symptom. ④ Adverse events and side effects were observed after operation.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:① LVEF and LVDd were measured before and 6 months after transplantation. ②24-hour dynamic electrocardiogram evaluation results. ③ Clinical cardiac functional grading evaluation results. ④ Post-operative adverse events and side effects.RESULTS:All the involved 21 patients participated in the result analysis.①The LVEF of patients 6 months after transplantation of BMSCs was more than that before transplantation [(54.4±6.2)％, (44.6±6.4)％,t = -5.946, P＜ 0.01], and LVDd of patients 6 months after transplantation was smaller than that before transplantation [(54.6±4.2), (60.2±4.4) mm,t = 5.306, P ＜ 0.01]. ② No new arrhythmic types appeared, and case of malignant serious cardiac arrhythmias were not increased. ③ Six months after transplantation of BMSCs, there were totally 9 patients with cardiac function of grade Ⅲ and Ⅳ, while there were 18 patients before transplantation. ④ The whole transplantation was safe.No patients were found to undergo re-examination of coronary arteriongraphy, which showed stent necrosis, due to chest pain, and no dead cases were either found.CONCLUSION:It is feasible to treat ischemic cardiomyopathy by percutaneous coronary transplantation of BMSCs,which can boost LVEF and improve cardiac function after transplantation.

0.05).Myocardial perfusion defect scores were decreased significantly from 14.8?3.0 to 10.5?1.8(P

Objective:To analyze the application of thinking visual guidance teaching model in anesthesia clinical practice teaching.Methods:Taking the implementation time (March 2019) of thinking visual guidance teaching model in our hospital as the limit, 56 interns who came to our hospital for anesthesia practice before the implementation were included as control group, and 61 interns enrolled after the implementation (from March 2019 to March 2020) were included in study group. The mastery status of professional skills (duration of anesthesia operation, success rate of one-time anesthesia puncture and success rate of one - time tracheal intubation), professional knowledge assessment results and professional attitude changes were compared between the two groups at 2 months and 6 months of training. Self-evaluation after 6 months of training was compared between the two groups. SPSS 18.0 was used for t test and chi-square test. Results:After 6 months of training, the mastery status of professional skills (duration of anesthesia operation, success rate of one-time anesthesia puncture, and success rate of one-time tracheal intubation) of the two groups of interns were significantly improved compared with those after 2 months of training, and the above indicators of study group were significantly better than those of control group (all P<0.05). After 6 months of training, the scores of assessment results of professional knowledge (basic knowledge, understanding and memory, case analysis, emergency handling) and professional attitude (behavior, language, initiative and adaptability) in the two groups of interns were significantly higher than those after 2 months of training, and the above indicators scores of study group were significantly higher than those of control group (all P<0.05). The scores of self-evaluation (learning efficiency, learning atmosphere, learning ability, self-confidence and satisfaction) of study group at 6 months of training were significantly higher than those of control group at the same period (all P<0.05). Conclusion:Thinking visual guidance teaching model can effectively improve the professional knowledge and operation skills of anesthesia clinical interns, and it has a good application effect.

Objective To study the use of preoperative indocyanine green retention test at 15 minutes (ICG R15) in the prediction of liver functional reserve in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCCA).Methods The clinical data of 62 patients with HCCA treated in our department from March 2016 to March 2018 was reviewed.The relationship between preoperative ICG R15 and postoperative hepatic insufficiency was analyzed.The relationship between preoperative ICG R15 and Child-Pugh scoring was also studied.Univariate analysis was used to evaluate the risk factors of postoperative liver dysfunction.Logistic regression was used to assess the independent risk factors of postoperative liver dysfunction.The regression equation between independent risk factors and postoperative liver dysfunction was established.Results Among the 62 patients,ICG R15 was less than 10.0％ in 26 patients,between 10.0％ and 19.0％ in 17 patients,between 20.0％ and 29.0％ in 9 patients,between 30.0％ and 39.0％ in 5 patients,and over 40.0％ in 5 patients.There were 29 patients with a Child-Pugh A grading and 33 patients with a Child-Pugh B grading in the preoperative evaluation of liver function.The Wilcoxon W rank sum test was used to compare the preoperative ICG R15 in patients with Child-Pugh grading A and B separately.The ICG R15 in Child-Pugh grading A patients was significantly lower than those in Child-Pugh B grading patients (P ＜0.05).There were no significant differences in age,gender,history of previous liver diseases,duration of operation,and intraoperative blood loss (P ＞ 0.05) between the normal liver function group and the liver dysfunction group.However,there was a significant difference in the preoperative ICG R15 and preoperative bilirubin levels (P ＜ 0.05) between the two groups.The preoperative ICG R15 and preoperative bilirubin levels were significant risk factors of postoperative hepatic insufficiency.Regression analysis suggested that preoperative ICG R15 level was an independent risk factor of postoperative hepatic insufficiency (P ＜ 0.05).A regression equation:logit(P) =0.185 × preoperative ICG R15-3.152 could be constructed.Conclusions ICG R15 is an ideal clinical indicator for evaluation of preoperative liver functional reserve in patients with HCCA.It predicted the recovery of postoperative liver function.

Objective:To analyze the biological characteristics, phylogenic features and clinical significance of SQ219 and SQ220 isolated from clinical sputum and midstream urine specimens.Methods:The culture and biochemical characteristics of the two strains were observed. VITEK2 System, drug sensitivity testing and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry were used for bacterial identification. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA and core genome was performed. The average nucleotide identity (ANI) based on whole genome sequences was calculated.Results:SQ219 and SQ220 were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, and non-motile bacteria. Their optimum growth was observed in NaCl-free medium at 30℃ and pH7. Flexirubin-type pigments were produced by SQ220 on Colombia blood agar, but not by SQ219. Both SQ219 and SQ220 were resistant to aztreonam, amikacin, tobramycin and colistin, which was consistent with the drug resistance phenotype of genus Chryseobacterium. The genome sequences of SQ219 and SQ220 were 5.08 Mb and 4.80 Mb in length, and the G+ C contents were 36.72% and 36.36%, respectively. Both strains carried β-lactam resistance gene ( blaCGA). 16S rRNA phylogenetic analysis showed that SQ219 and SQ220 were closely related to Chryseobacterium gambrini DSM18014 T with the similarities of 98.93% and 98.36%, respectively. Core genome phylogenetic analysis revealed that SQ219 and SQ220 were highly homologous to Chryseobacterium gambrini DSM18014 T. However, the ANI values between the two strains and Chryseobacterium gambrini DSM18014 T were 92.49% and 93.27%, respectively, below the threshold for prokaryotic species identification. Conclusions:Based on the phenotypic and phylogenetic data, SQ219 and SQ220 represent a novel species of the genus Chryseobacterium. This study would help promote the understanding of the evolution of Chrysobacterium and provide reference for the identification of new species of Chrysobacterium.