Objective To study effects of hydrated rate on compressed deformation properties of natural articular cartilage.Methods The mass losses of pure cartilage,subchondral bone and cartilage sample were measured under different volatilization time with constant vacuum temperature container of 40 ℃,and confined compressed deformation of different hydrated rates was measured using UMT-2 multi-specimen test system.Combined with cartilage structural equation originated by Mow,the aggregated modulus and permeability of cartilage tissue were obtained.Results The mass losses of pure cartilage,subchondral bone and cartilage sample functioned with a non-linear ascending relation with volatilization time in the environmental temperature of 40 ℃.The volatilization time for different hydrated rates of 75%,50%,25%and 0% was 17 min,35 min,54 min and 100 min,respectively.Higher hydrated rate produced more compressed deformation,lower aggregated modulus and higher permeability.Conclusion The viscoelastic mechanisms of flow-dependence and flow-independence are manifested by compressed deformations while the aggregated modulus and permeability could quantitatively depict the mutual relation between hydrated rate and compressed deformation.

Benzene ; Benzene Derivatives ; Bile ; Chromatography, Gas ; Gallbladder ; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry ; Humans ; Toluene

Objective To evaluate the safety of intracoronary Doppler flow measurement using Doppler FloWire  Methods and Results A total of 906 patients were examined with intracoronary Doppler using a 0 014″ or a 0 018″ Doppler FloWire  For coronary flow reserve measurement, intracoronary injection of adenosine or papaverine was used Of the patients studied, 77 were cardiac transplant recipients, 829 were nontransplant patients, of whom 617 patients underwent diagnostic coronary procedures and 212 had coronary interventions In 27 (2 98%) of 906 patients adverse cardiac events were observed Fifteen (1 66%) of 906 patients developed severe transient bradycardia (asystole or Ⅱ? to Ⅲ? atrioventricular block) after intracoronary administration of adenosine Of which, 14 occurred in RCA and 1 in LAD Nine (0 99%) of 906 patients experienced coronary spasm during the passage of the Doppler wire (5 in RCA, 4 in LAD) Two (0 22%) of 906 patients developed ventricular fibrillation during the procedure Hypotension with bradycardia and ventricular extrasystole each occurred in one (0 11%) of 906 patients The incidence of complication was significantly higher in transplant recipients than in nontransplant patients underwent either diagnostic or interventional procedures (12 99% vs 2 43% vs 0 94%, P

Background Hypertension and dyslipidemia are the 2 important risk factors of cardiovascular affecting the prognosis of cardiovascular disease. However paucity data of characteristics of lipid metabolism and prognosis of cardiovascular diseases in high-risk groups with hypertension are available. Objective To analyze the lipid metabolism level and the relevant risk factors of inpatients with essential hypertension (EH) from 2000 to 2007. Methods Retrospective study was performed based on the clinical characteristic and the relationship between different kinds of hyperlipidemia and target organ damages in inpatient with EH. Results For the level of triglyceride (TG) and the prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia,males(n=3056) were significantly higher than females(n=1932)(P

Objective Through preliminary clinical use of stereotactically guided wire localization biopsy for nonpalpable breast lesions, we discussed the diagnostic accuracy of the technique and its value in early detection of breast carcinomas. Methods Stereotactically guided wire localization biopsy was performed on 26 lesions. The distance between the needle tip and disease center (D) was calculated and compared to that directly obtained from measurement of the localization between wire tip and center of the lesion. Localization was rated as excellent, good, and bad when D values were ≤2.5 mm, =2.6-4.9 mm, and ≥5.0 mm, respectively. Results Excellent, good, and bad localization results were achieved in 20, 5, and 1 procedures, respectively. These data correlated well with the direct measurements of the localization between wire tip and center of the lesion. Resection of 26 lesions on single operation was achieved and the median volume of the resected specimens was 10 5 cm 3. The breast carcinoma detection rate of 6/26 was achieved. Conclusion Our initial application of the technique showed that stereotactically guided wire localization biopsy for nonpalpable breast lesions was an effective tool for the localization and specification of breast lesions. It could avoid false negativity and help excise the entire lesion without excessive excision of the surrounding normal tissues. The technique was one of those that was worthy of more widely application for the preoperative diagnosis of nonpalpable breast lesions.

Objective To develop a system achieving automated real-time tracking and localizing of tumor center in radiotherapy. Methods High-accuracy infrared tracking cameras' coordinate system was calibrated with the treatment machine. A kind of passive marker was introduced, which can be imaged by computed tomography and can be localized by the infrared cameras during radiotherapy. Several markers on the surface of the thermal-shaped film were fixed, and then the real-time co-ordinates of the markers was compared with those obtained from the computed tomography. With subsequent space registration, the position biases could be shown finally, which could help achieving the real-time tracking and localizing of the tumor center. Results With infrared tracking cameras and appropriate software, the system can achieve automated and real-time localization in radiotherapy. Conclusion The system is more automated, accurate and speedy than the traditional localization method.

Objective To evaluate the incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy(CIN)in non-selected patients undergoing coronary angiography and intervention,and to investigate,the clinic risk factors of CIN as well as the renal safety of isosmolar iodixanol.Methods A total of 532 patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention were enrolled.Serum creatinine(SCr)was measured at any time within a week before the procedure and 2 days(48 hours)post procedure.The definition of CIN is the increase of serum creatinine of 44.2 ?mol/L(0.5 mg/dL)or 25% of the baseline at 48 hours after the use of contrast media.The effects of contrast media on renal function in patients undergoing coronary intervention were investigated and predictors of CIN were determined using logistic regression test.Results(1)Among the 532 patients,CIN occurred in 29 patients and the incidence of CIN in non-selected patients was 5.5%.(2)The incidence of CIN was significantly higher in patients with baseline eGFR

Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of bone marrow cells(BMCs) transplantation on the improvement of cardiac function and myocardial perfusion in patients with old myocardial infarction. Methods and Results A total of 10 patients with anterior wall myocardial infarction were transplanted with autologous mononuclear BMCs through an infusion catheter which was placed with the tip in the left anterior descending coronary artery after coronary angiography and interventional therapy if necessary. After 3 months of follow-up, a significant increase of left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF) determined by ultrasonic cardiography was found (54.5%?6.5% vs. 45.3%?9.8% before transplantation, P=0.003); 201-thallium scintigraphy (SPECT) showed that ventricular myocardial perfusion was significantly improved as the semiquantitative score of the immediate and delayed myocardial perfusion defects decreased from 29.5?5.8 and 28.6?6.3 to 23.9?5.7 and 23.0?6.1prospectively (both P

0.05) in the BMT group but significantly enlarged in the CON group (50.4?6.0 mm vs. 55.2?7.1 mm, P

0.05), but they did at 48 h(P