1.Mid-term follow-up of the percutaneous angioplasty of the occlusive aortoiliac artery diseases
Xitong ZHANG ; Hongshan ZHONG ; Liang XIAO ; Hongyi ZHANG ; Hoag LI ; Ke XU
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2009;43(4):415-417
Objective To evaluate the mid-term follow-up of the pereutaneous angioplasty of the occlusive acrtoiliac artery diseases.Methods The data of 30 patients who had distal abdominal aorta and bi-lateral iliac artery stenosis or occlusion and treated by percutaneous angioplasty were retrospectively reviewed.They are 24 males and 6 females,aged from 35 to 75 years (average 55 ± 10 years). The interventional procedures include wire-guided canalization,thrembolysis,balloon angioplasty and stents implantation.They were followed up by telephone,letter or visiting after discharged.Results Twenty-six patients with aarto-iliac are revascularized successfully.Three cases failed.Of them,one failed because only one side of iliac artery and aorta were successfully canalized while the eontralateral not,one failed to revascularize both the aorta and the iliac artery,the other one failed due to the ihac rupture and replaced by WallGraft implantation.Two cases had distal thrombosis during the procedure.One case was amputated due to the aggravated isebemia of the right lower extremity after the revascularization failed.Twenty-seven cases were followed uo after 1 to 112 months,averaged (41±9) months.One case showed that the iliac artery was uncanalized after 6 months.One case showed bilateral iliac artery occlusion during 25 months follow-up and re-occluded 3 months after balloon angioplasty and finally had stent implanation in bilateral iliac artery.The other patients had no aggravated symptom of recurrence.Conclusion The percutaneous angioplasty is a good choice for occlusive aorto-iliac artery disease,showing good recovery during mid-term follow-up.
2.Design and implementation of Geographical Information System on prevention and control of cholera
Xiu-Jun LI ; Li-Qun FANG ; Duo-Chun WANG ; Lu-Xi WANG ; Ya-Pin LI ; Yan-Li LI ; Hoag YANG ; Biao KAN ; Wu-Chun CAO
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2012;33(4):431-434
To build the Geographical Information System (GIS) database for prevention and control of cholera programs as well as using management analysis and function demonstration to show the spatial attribute of cholera.Data from case reporting system regarding diarrhoea,vibrio cholerae,serotypes of vibrio cholerae at the surveillance spots and seafoods,as well as surveillance data on ambient environment and climate were collected.All the data were imported to system database to show the incidence of vibrio cholerae in different provinces,regions and counties to supoport the spatial analysis through the spatial analysis of GIS.The epidemic trends of cholera,seasonal characteristies of the cholera and the variation of the vibrio cholerae with times were better understood.Information on hotspots,regions and time of epidemics was collected,and helpful in providing risk prediction on the incidence of vibrio cholerae.The exploitation of the software can predict and simulate the spatio-temporal risks,so as to provide guidance for the prevention and control of the disease.