Purpose:Home-made NiTi-stent was used in the study to observe the biological compatibility.Materials card Methods:Stents were implanted within the bile ducts,arteries,veins,bronchi of swine by surgery.Swine was killed according to the tie schedule to observe the patency of stents.Results:6 of 11 biliary stents were occluded completely,with only 5 stents partially patent.The degree of occlusion was related to the time period.10 of 11 femoral stents were patent,only 1 stent was occluded completely.1 of the only 1 venous stent was occluded completely,4 of 8 bronchial stants were patent.Epithlium tissues were found along the surfaces of stents.Both sides of the stents were covered by the epithelium cells partially and dominated by the proliferation of connective tissues and parenchymal cells of the organs.The constitution of proliferated tissues was related to the implanted time period of the stents.No connective tissues were found within two weeks,but obvious proliferation of connective tissues were found associated with lympheytic tissues.Conclusion:The dagree of surface covering of the home- made stent by epithelial the rate of was related to the diameters of the of and the lumceh stent implantation segment also the flow volume within the stent,and the period of stent implantation.Good results can be yielded by selecting the suitable stent and the implanting site.

0.01). There was no recurrence in both groups. Mean hospitalization stay was 8.1 days in the laparoscopy group, whereas it was 11.8 days in the open surgical group. Post- operative fever lasted a mean of 4.1 and 5.4 days in the two groups respectively ( P

The automatic nervous system(ANS) has 2 main branches:the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system.The ANS controls mainly automatic bodily functions that are engaged in homeostasis.Autonomic dysfunction lead to many diseases,for example,orthostatic intolerance etc.The relationship between vitamin D and cardiovascular disease has becomes the focus of study gradually in recent years.1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D participates in the regulation of renin-angiotensin axis,vascular effects.Vitamin D deficiency triggers secondary hyperparathyroidism,promotes the development of hypertension,diabetes,dyslipidemia which can influence the incidence and prognosis of cardiovascular disease as well.The study confirmed that vitamin D deficiency is one of the risk factors of cardiac autonomic dysfunction diseases such as orthostatic intolerance.The mechanism is still not very clear.Supplement of vitamin D can offer an effective method to decrease cardiovascular disease risk in populations with low vitamin D status.

The tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) in children is also named Bourneville disease,the 3 main symptoms namely epilepsy,mental retardation and facial angiofibromas.It is an autosomal dominant disease.It is an important cause of epilepsy,skin disease,and renal and pulmonary disease in children and adults.The appropriate therapy and prognosis for TSC patients are often different than that for individuals with epilepsy,renal tumors,or interstitial lung disease from other causes.In recent years,certain progress has been made in management of tuberous sclerosis,inhibitors of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) have demonstrated regression of astrocytomas,angiofibromas,and angiomyoliomas,as well as improved pulmonary function in persons with TSC.This article reviews the current therapeutic recommendations for medical and surgical management of neurologic,renal,and pulmonary manifestations of TSC.

Objective To summarize the characteristics of regional lymph node metastasis in patients with early gastric cancer and analyze the risk factors for lymphatic metastasis. Methods 103 cases surgically treated for early gastric cancer in the Third Hospital of Peking University between March, 1988 and March, 2009 were analyzed retrospectively. Several clinicalpathologic variables including patients' age, gender, size of tumor, tumor location, macroscopic type, histological type, invasion depth were investigated by using chi-square test and logistic regression analysis for the possible relationship to lymphatic metastasis. Results The rate of lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer was 17.5% (18/103), which in mucosal cancer was 4. 1% (2/49). Submucosal cancer had a lymph node metastatic rate of 29. 6% (16/54). Logistic regression indicated that invasion to submucosa and tumor size > 2 em were independent risk factors for lymph node metastasis of early gastric cancer. Metastatic cases of mucosal cancer were all signet ring cell cancer with diameters more than 2 cm. Lymph node metastatic rate in submueosal cancers within 2 cm was 16. 1% (5/31), that in > 2 cm submucosal cancers was 47. 8% (11/23) (P = 0. 012). Rate of lymph node metastasis in well-differentiated cancers was 0 (0/13), that in moderately-differentiated, poorly differentiated and signet ring cell cancers were 18. 2% (4/22), 16. 7% (5/30) and 23.7% (9/38) respectively (P = 0. 294). Patients' age, gender, tumor location and macroscopic type showed no relationship with lymph node state. Conclusion The tumor size and invasion depth are related with lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer, considering these factors and assessing lymph node state is essential to appropriate therapeutic options for early gastric cancer.

Objective To study the changes of reactive astrocytosis after heat shock protein 70 (HSPT0) was blocked by anti-HSP70 antibody. Methods We established cell model of scratch inju-ries by in situ culture and prurification of rat astrocytcs. Anti-HSP70 antibody was added into the nutrient medium at once after injury for intervention (intervention group). Then, immunocytochemical staining of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) was done at different time points in control group and intervention group to observe astrocytosis and morphologic changes, mRNA expression of GFAP was observed by means of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results Compared with the con-trol group, average cell area, average dentritic length and number of dentrities of astrocytes were signifi-cantly reduced in the intervention group(P < 0.05 or P < 0.01), with down-regulated mRNA expression of GFAP (P < 0.05). Conclusion HSP70 plays a facilitative role in reactive astrocytosis after injury of astrocytes. Reactive astrocytosis can be controlled to some extent by blocking HSP70 with anti-HSP70 antibody.

Objective To observe the expressions of NeuN and pCaMKⅡα in brain and test the spacial learning and memory in neonatal hypoxic?ischemia encephalopathy ( HIE ) model mice. Methods 7d ICR mice were randomly divided into sham group( n=19) and model group( n=23). HIE model was induced by right common carotid artery ligation followed by 8% oxygen hypoxia for 100 min. DAPI staining was used to examine brain pathological change,immunofluorescent staining was used to examine the expression of NeuN and pCaMKⅡα in the ipsilateral brain,and Morris water maze was used to test the spa?cial learning and memory. Results Mice in sham group showed that brain cells were arranged in a dense and orderly manner,the number of NeuN?positive cells and pCaMKⅡα?positive cells were (106.50±20.07), (87.17±16.55) respectively in the brain,and the escape latency was short. Compared with mice in sham group,mice in model group showed more cells loss,less NeuN?positive cells(19.17±3.60) and less pCaMKⅡα?positive cells(13.33±3.62) in the ipsilateral hemisphere,and longer escape latency(P<0.01). Conclu-sion The spacial learning and memory are impaired in hypoxia ischemia,which may be related to the de?creasing expression of pCaMKⅡα in neurons in ipsilateral brain.

Purpose To evaluate the carotid artery structure and diastolic function of the brachial artery in children with coarctation of aorta (CoA) using high-frequency ultrasound. Materials and Methods Twenty-four cases of children with CoA were selected, among them seven cases were simple CoA and 17 cases were combined with other cardiac malformations, and 20 cases of simple ventricular septal defect (VSD) children and 20 healthy children over the same period were selected as the control groups. Carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) and brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) in all subjects were evaluated using high-frequency ultrasound, vascular structure and functional changes were compared before CoA correction and VSD repair treatment. Results Carotid artery IMT of CoA group was (0.47±0.12) mm, which was significantly larger than the VSD group (0.41±0.10) mm and the control group (0.40±0.09) mm, and the difference was statistically significant (F=4.275, P<0.05); brachial artery FMD [(5.48±1.66)%] of CoA group was significantly lower than that of the VSD group [(6.69± 1.45)%] and the control group [(6.59±1.84)%], and the difference was also statistically significant (F=4.318, P<0.05), but there was no significant difference (q=0.400, 0.191;P>0.05) between the VSD group and the control group for carotid artery IMT and brachial artery FMD. Conclusion In children with CoA, besides the structure abnormalities of the narrowing vascular, there is also the combination of structural and fuctional changes such as carotid artery intima-media complex thickening and brachial artery flow-mediated dilation function decrease.

Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the hemodynamic effects of an extra-thoracic paraaortic counterpulsation device(ETPACD) with various capacities in an animal model with acute heart failure.Methods The acute heart failure model was successfully induced by snaring branch of anterior descending coronary artery in sheep(weighting 35-42 kg,n =8).The ETPACD is a single port,40 ml,60 ml and 80 ml stroke volume blood chamber designed to be connected to descending aorta through a valveless graft and placed extra-thorax.The hemodynamic indices of 40 ml,60 ml and 80 ml stroke volume were recorded respectively during counterpulsation assistance.Results 40 ml,60 ml and 80 ml ETPACD increased cardiac output 36.98％ (P =0.009),34.16％ (P =0.012) and 53.26％ (P =0.000) respectively,80 ml compared with 60 ml and 40 ml respectively P =0.001,P =0.005.And on diastolic mean aortic pressure 43.40％ (P =0.000)、63.20％ (P =0.000) and 78.76％ (P =0.000),80ml compared with 60ml and 40ml respectively P =0.329,P =0.025.The ETPACD (40 ml,60 ml and 80 ml) increased left carotid artery flow 45.19％ (P =0.007) 、61.51％ (P =0.001) and 81.50％(P=0.000),80 ml compared with 60ml and40 ml respectively P=0.016,P =0.000.Conclusion This study demonstrated that ETPACD (40 ml,60 ml and 80 ml) provided benefit of circulatory support in acute heart failure with better effect on hemodynamic parameters provided by 80 ml.Therefore,ETPACD with larger stroke volume may become a promising counterpulsation device for treatment of heart failure.

Objective To compare the correlation between contrast vision (CV) and sweep visual evoked potential acuity (SVEP-A) among people with emmetropia, mild myopia, and moderate myopia. Meth-ods The CV and SVEP-A were tested individually in 96 eyes from healthy young volunteers, including 37 eyes of emmetropia, 27 eyes of mild myopia, and 32 eyes of moderate myopia. The statistic analysis was done by ANOVA analysis and rank sum test. Results (1) With the decrease of contrast, CV and SVEP-A decreased in every group. (2) At 100% contrast, the difference of CV between emmetropia and mild myopia had statistical significance (P<0.05). At 100%, 25% and 10% contrast, the difference of CV between emmetropia and moderate myopia had statistical significance (P<0.05). (3) In the same group, the difference of 100% and 25% contrast had statistical significance (P<0.05). So was between 100% and 10% contrast. (4) At 100% and 10% contrast, the difference of CV and SVEP-A had statis-tical significance (P<0.05). Conclusion The CV of myopia relates to many factors including ametropia and fundus lesions. The correction of ametropia is important to the values of CV and SVEP-A.