Objective To study the effect of Irbesartan on the level of serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein(hs-CRP) in the patients with acute cerebral infarction(ACI).Methods 60 patients with ACI were randomly assigned to Irbesartan therapy group(n=30) treated with Irbesartan 150 mg/d combined Aspirin 100 mg/d and conventional therapy group(n=30) treated with Aspirin 100 mg/d.Both groups were treated for 14 consecutive days and the other measures of symptomatic therapy were same.And another 30 patients without cerebrovascular diseases were selected as control group.The levels of serum hs-CRP were measured and the scores of neurological deficit(NDS) were evaluated before and after treatment.Results(1) Before treatment the levels of serum hs-CRP of ACI patients in both therapy groups were significantly higher than that in control group(all P

Objective To explore the effects of Irbesartan on the plasma concentrations of lysophosphatidic acid(LPA), endothelin-1(ET-1),serum concentration of nitric oxcide (NO) in the patients with acute cerebral infarction(CI).Methods All of the 53 patients were randomly assigned to Irbesartan therapy group(n=25) treated with Irbesartan 150 mg/d and Aspirin 100 mg/d and conventional therapy group(n=28) treated with Aspirin 100 mg/d.Both groups were treated for 14 days and the other measures of symptomatic therepy were the same. And another 23 patients without cerebrovascular diseases and 7 health volunteers were taken as control group.The venous blood samples were taken for measureing the levels of LPA,ET-1,NO while the scorces of neurological deficit (NDS)were evaluated before and after treatment. Results (1)Before treatment the levels of LPA,ET-1 in CI group were significantly higher and the level of NO was significantly lower than that in control group (all P

Objective To evaluate the value of endorectal ultrasound(ERUS)combined with real-time elastography in the staging of advanced rectal cancer in elderly patients.Methods A total of 50 patients with advanced rectal cancer underwent endorectal ultrasound and real-time tissue elastography imaging at our hospital from Jun.2014 to Oct.2015.Their staging results were compared with postoperative pathology.Results The accuracy,sensitivity and specificity of ERUS in the staging of advanced rectal cancer(T3)were 90％ (45/50),93.5％ (43/46)and 50％ (2/4),respectively.The accuracy,sensitivity and specificity of real-time elastography in the staging of advanced rectal cancer(T3)were 84％(42/50),89.1％(41/46)and 25％(1/4),respectively.With the combination of the two techniques,the accuracy,sensitivity and specificity in the staging of advanced recta[cancer(T3)were 96％ (48/50),97.8％ (45/46)and 75％ (3/4),respectively.There was no significant difference in accuracy and sensitivity(x2 ＝4.000 and 3.100,P＝0.373 and 0.542)between the three approaches.Kappa values between each of the three approaches and surgical pathology were 0.531,0.252 and 0.728,respectively.Conclusions Real-time tissue elastography in the diagnosis and staging of advanced rectal cancer can be enhanced when used in combination with endorectal ultrasound.