1.Observation on curative effect of puerarin(葛根素) and naloxone(纳洛酮) for traumatic cerebral infarction
Qingan SONG ; Zhibiao CHEN ; Dan CHEN
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in Intensive and Critical Care 2006;0(01):-
Objective: To observe the clinical therapeutic effects of Puerarin(葛根素) and naloxone((纳洛酮)) in treatment for traumatic cerebral infarction(TCI).Methods: Fiftytwo patients with TCI were randomly divided into two groups: treatment group(n=28,9 cases with simple TCI and 19 cases with TCI complicated with cerebral contusion and intracranial hemorrhage) and control group(n=24,7 cases with simple TCI and 17 cases with TCI complicated with cerebral contusion and intracranial hemorrhage).The therapeutic effects were compared between two groups.Results: The total effective rate in treatment group(82.14%) was significantly higher than that in control group(62.50%,?~2=6.44,P
2.Prognostic Value of Cerebral CT and MRI in Comatose Patients after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Shuxin WANG ; Fei CAO ; Maofa XU ; Qingan SONG
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2009;15(10):925-927
Objective To evaluate the value of cerebral CT and MRI in prediction of the recovery of comatose patients after severe traumatic brain injury.Methods Cerebral CT and MRI were performed in 98 comatose patients after severe traumatic brain injury. CT and MRI were reviewed by three neuroradiologists for the number, sizes, and location of brain lesions. Three neurologists assessed the patients at admission and 1 month after injury. The correlation among the neuroimaging finding, clinical examination index and the prognosis of the patients was analyzed.Results Clinical characteristics, such as initial score on the Glasgow Coma Scale, age, and pupillary abnormalities failed to predict recovery. Cerebral CT did not predict future recovery from post-traumatic coma. The patients in persistent vegetative state(PVS) revealed a significantly higher frequency of corpus callosum, corona radiate, and dorsolateral brainstem injuries than did patients who recovered within 1 month.Conclusion Cerebral CT findings in the acute stage after head injury can not predict the outcome of the post-traumatic PVS. There is a significant association between MRI findings and PVS: patients in coma with lesions in the corpus callosum, corona radiata or dorsolateral brainstem.
3.Left Atrial and Pulmonary Vein Rotational Angiography Embedded With Real-time X-Ray Fluoroscopy System Guiding Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation in Treating the Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Ye TIAN ; Long YANG ; Song ZHOU ; Yaxi ZHENG ; Xiaoqiao LIU ; Qingan JIANG ; Qifang LIU
Chinese Circulation Journal 2014;(9):683-685
Objective: To investigate the safety and effectiveness of three-dimensional (3-D) rotational angiography reconstruction of left atrial and pulmonary vein stereo image embedded with real-time X-ray fluoroscopy system for guiding radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) in treating the patients with atrial ifbrillation (AF).
Methods: A total of 60 consecutive AF patients who received RFCA in our hospital from 2011-04 to 2013-04 were studied. The patients were randomly divided into 2 groups and 3-D Carto3 mapping system was applied for guiding RFCA in both groups. n=30 in each group. Treatment group, the patients received Siemens ARTIS Zeego digital subtraction system for left atrial and pulmonary vein rotational angiography, then, stereo images were reconstructed and embedded with real-time X-ray lfuoroscopy for RFCA guidance. Control group, conventional left and right pulmonary venography was conducted for RFCA guidance. The procedural and X-ray exposure times, rates of success and complications were recorded and compared between 2 groups.
Results: All 60 patients had successful RFCA, compared with Control group, the patients in Treatment group had obviously less procedural time and X-ray exposure time, while the success rate and complications were similar between 2 groups.
Conclusion: 3-D rotational angiography reconstruction of left atrial and pulmonary vein stereo image embedded with real-time X-ray lfuoroscopy system is safe and effective for guiding RFCA in treating the AF patients, which may reduce the procedural and X-ray exposure times.