Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of interventional embolectomy in the treatment of acute massive pulmonary embolism. Methods Interventional managements, including fragmentation, aspiration and dissolving of the embolus, were performed in 12 patients with CTPA-or pulmonary angiography-proved acute massive pulmonary embolism. Clinical manifestations, blood gas tension, hemodynamic changes, the recanalization of the pulmonary artery as well as the occurrence of complications were observed. Results Eleven patients survived and nine patients showed significant clinical improvement. PaO2 was increased from (54.92 ? 6.17)mmHg before the procedure to (90.91 ? 1.62)mmHg after the procedure (P = 0.001), and SaO2 was also increased from (85.17 ? 8.39)mmHg before the procedure to (95.75 ? 1.96)mmHg after the procedure (P = 0.001). Miller score (21.75 ? 4.35 vs 13.83 ? 5.69, P = 0.001) and mPAP (25.59 ? 7.68 mmHg vs 30.04 ? 7.93 mmHg, P = 0.001)decreased significantly. One patient died of pulmonary embolism and one died of intracerebral bleeding three days after the procedure. Conclusion Interventional embolectomy is an effective and safe technique for the treatment of acute massive pulmonary embolism.

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of atorvastatin combined with clopidogrel in the treatment of elderly patients with angina pectoris.Methods 90 elderly patients with angina pectoris were randomly divided into the observation group and control group,45 cases in each group.All patients were given conventional treatment and atorvastatin,the observation group was given clopidogrel based on this.The TC,TG,HDL-C,LDL-C,angina attack frequency,duration and adverse reactions,adverse cardiac events of two groups before and after treatment were compared,and the clinical effect was evaluated.Results The total effective rate of the observation group was 9 3.3 ％ (42/45),whichwassignificantlyhigherthan75.6％ (34/45) inthecontrolgroup (x2 =5.67,P ＜ 0.05).After treatment,the TC,TG,HDL-C,LDL-C of two groups were significantly improved than before treatment (t =5.34,4.78,4.56,4.92,4.31,3.92,4.11,4.62,all P ＜ 0.05),the improvement in the observation group was significantly better than that in the control group (t =4.20,4.08,3.98,4.03,all P ＜ 0.05).After treatment,the angina attack frequency and duration of two groups were significantly decreased compared with before treatment (t =6.22,5.78,4.12,4.02,all P ＜ 0.05),and the observation group decreased significantly than the control group(t =4.23,3.99,all P ＜ 0.05).3 cases of adverse reactions and 1 case of adverse cardiac events occurred in observation group,2 cases of adverse reaction and 3 cases of adverse cardiac events occurred in control group.Conclusion Atorvastatin combined with clopidogrel in the treatment of elderly patients with angina pectoris can regulate blood lipid and improve the symptoms of angina pectoris.

84 Cases were treated in the period Aug. 1989- Aug. 1994 with self-formulated Qilu Decoction with a total effective rate of 88. 10%. The difference as compared with that of western drug Propafenone was significant (P

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) poses serious health problems in Southern China and yet the molecular mechanism of the carcinogenesis remains unclear. We used modern proteomic technologies to compare the protein expression profiles between the NPC cell lines (HNE1 and CNE1 ) and an immortalized nasopharyngeal epithelial cell line NP69 to identify cancer related proteins. Cell lysates were separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2 DE ) and analyzed by PDQuest software. The differentially expressed proteins were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS). We discovered 15 up-regulated proteins and 18 down-regulated proteins in both HNE1 and CNE1 cell lines compared with NP69. These proteins are correlative with various functions, such as cell proliferation, apoptosis, cancer metastasis, metabolism, cytoskeleton and signal transduction. Western blotting analyses were further carried out to verify the differential expression of individual proteins. Several identified proteins in our research might be used as potential molecular markers to understand the molecular mechanism of NPC development and metastasis, and might be used as candidate targets for NPC treatments.

Objective To study the imaging of arteriovenous malformation(AVM)and cerebral cavernous angiomas(CCA)by 3D-TOF MRA and SWI.Methods The clinical manifestations and MR imaging characteristics of 44 cases with intracranial vascular malformations were retrospectively analyzed.The MRA imaging and SWI imaging of 26 CCA cases and 18 AVM cases were compared.Results The location,size,input.artery and output vein of arteriovenous fistula were clearly showed by 3D-TOF MRA.3D-TOF-MRA did not show the artery of hemangioma.The imaging of SWI can clear display the number and increase of cavernous hemangioma,comparing with the conventional sequence.Moreover,SWI was effective to show the tortuous veins of arteriovenous malformation.However,it was not able to directly show the overview of abnormal blood vessels and big arteries such as input artery.Conclusion 3D-TOF MRA technologies is powerful to show the arteriovenous malformation with high flow velocity and low resistance(Such as AVM),while SWI has advantages in showing the cavernous hemangioma with low flow velocity and small diameters.Joining 3D-TOF-MRA and SWI techniques will improve the detection of cerebral vascular malformations and reduce the misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis.

Objective To investigate the relationship between OHSS and FSHR gene polymorphism. Methods Two hundred and two women were enrolled in this study. The FSHR gene polymorphisms at position 307 and 680 were detected. Results The distribution of the allele frequency and genotype frequency of the position 680 in FSHR gene were significantly different between women with OHSS or not. No significant differences of the position 307 in FSHR gene were observed. Conclusion Themutation of Asn680Ser in FSHR might be closely related with OHSS.

Objective To explore the effect of mouse proliferation-associated protein 2G4 (p38-2G4) high-expression on the proliferation and erythriod differentiation of murine erythroleukemia ( MEL ) cells.Methods To establish the recombinant lentivirus vector p 38-2G4-pLJM1, the p38-2G4-pLJM1 was cotransfected into HEK293T cells to obtain lentivirus with pCMV-VSV-G and pCMV-dR8.2.Lentivirus were infected into MEL cells to establish the stably p 38-2G4 high-expressed MEL cells.Western blotting was used to analyse the high-expression efficiency.MTT assay and benzidine staining were applied to detect the cell viability and hemoglobin synthesis of the stable cell line in presence /absence of inducers.Results Western blotting showed that the p38-2G4 high-expression stable cell strain had a higher expression of p38-2G4 as compared to the control group ( MEL) ( P <0.05).MTT result showed that there was no difference between the p38-2G4 high-expression cell strain and the control group (P>0.05), but the hemoglobin synthesis had been reduced as compared to the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion p38-2G4 high-expression does not affect the cell viability of MEL cells , but inhibits the erythriod differentiation of MEL cells in three independent experiments .

Objective To establish and evaluate 3 kinds of minimally-invasive valve implantation model in vivo.Methods A novel tissue engineered heart valve(TEHV) manufactured by branched polyethylene glycol cross-linked acellular porcine valve and a minimally-invasive valve implantation system according to the design of Corevalve revalving system were adopted.After anesthesia,18 adult male goats were randomly divided into 3 groups: the ulrasound-directed orthotropic group (group A,n =6),angiography-directed orthotropic group (group B,n =6) and direct-released heterotopic group (group C,n =6),and all received minimally-invasive valve implantation orthotropically or heterotopically.4 weeks later,the valvular function was evaluated by CTA and/or echocardiography.Results All 3 kinds of caprine model were successfully constructed.The operation success rate of each group was A: 66.7％,B: 50.0％ and C: 100.0％,respectively(multiple x2 analysis,group A and B P ＞0.05; group A and C,group B and C,P ＜0.05).The operation-time of each group was A: (79 ± 18) min,B:(61 ±23) min,C: (45 ± 15) min(one-way ANOVA,P ＜0.05).The survival rate at4 weeks was A: 100％,B: 100％ and C: 83.3％ (multiple x2 analysis,P ＞ 0.05).Echocardiography and CTA proved the short-term function of implanted TEHV was satisfactory.Conclusion All 3 kinds of caprine valve implantation model can be established without cardiopulmonary bypass and blood transfusion.The devices and equipments required in group A is relatively simple,but the procedure cost longer time for it is hard to determine the right position by ultrasound.The application of angiography made the positioning much easier in group B while the procedure had to be performed in specific operation room with angiographic apparatus.Group C did rely on neither special equipments nor complex operation,but the valve leaflets cannot work normally,so this model was only suitable for testing in vivo characteristics such as biocompatiblities.

Objective To assess the association of Haptoglobin(Hp) polymorphism with acute coronary syndrome(ACS) in Chinese. Method A total of 112 patients with ACS including 57 patients with acute myocardial infarction and 55 patients with unstable angina pectoris confirmed with angiography and 121healthy controls were recruited in this study. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method was utilized to genotype Hpl and Hp2 alleles and genotype frequencies in cases and controls were compared. All polymorphisms were test of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in both groups separately. The differences of genotypes and alleles between two groups were analyzed with x2 test. The association between Hp polymorphism and the risk of ACS was estimated by odds ratio (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI), and the comprehensive evaluation of the factors associated with ACS were determined by using multivariate logistic regression analysis. P ＜0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results The frequency of Hp2-2 genotype was significantly higher in ACSs than in controls (0. 571 vs. 0. 355, P = 0. 001; OR = 2. 419, 95% CI:1. 427 ～4. 100), multivariate Logistic regression analysis indicates that Hp2-2 genotype is an independent risk factor to ACS (P = 0.002; OR = 2.557,95% CI: 1. 392 - 4.637). Similarly, the Hp2 allele frequency in ACS groups was significantly higher than that in the control subjects (0. 759 vs. 0. 616, P =0.001; OR = 1. 965,95% CI 1. 316 ～2. 934). Conclusion The Hp2-2 genotype is associated with ACS in Chinese. Hp2-2 genotype may be an independent risk factor to ACS, and Hp2 allele may be a genetic susceptibility factor to ACS in Chinese.

BACKGROUND:The induced concentration for osteoblasts is often introduced as reference to induce odontoblast differentiation. However, there are no reports on other concentrations. OBJECTIVE: To observe the expression of dentin matrix protein-1, dentin sialoprotein and matrix extracelular phosphoglycoprotein during low-dose β-glycerophosphate-induced differentiation of dental pulp stem cels into odontoblasts. METHODS:Human dental pulp stem cels were isolated and cultured, and then induced by different concentrations of inducing solution to differentiate into adipocytes and osteoblasts, which could verify the multi-directional differentiation ability of human dental pulp stem cels. Under 5 mmol/L β-glycerophosphate, dental pulp stem cels differentiated into odontoblasts. At 7, 14, 21, 28 days of culture, RNA samples were extracted from dental pulp stem cels in each group, and reverse-transcription PCR was used to detect the expression of dentin matrix protein-1, dentin sialoprotein and matrix extracelular phosphoglycoprotein. Mineralized nodules were detected by alizarin red S staining to show the successfuly osteogenesis induction. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Human dental pulp stem cels could be induced to adipocytes and osteoblasts. The results of reverse-transcription PCR showed that the dental pulp stem cels under 5 mmol/L β-glycerophosphate could increase the expression of dentin matrix protein-1 and dentin sialoprotein, but downregulate the expression of matrix extracelular phosphoglycoprotein at 7, 14, 21 days. At 28 days of culture, dental pulp stem cels were al successfuly mineralized detected by alizarin red S. There were some red mineralized nodules. These findings indicate that the 5 mmol/L β-glycerophosphate can induce the differentiation of dental pulp stem cels into odontoblasts successfuly, up-regulate the mRNA expression of dentin sialoprotein and dentin matrix protein-1, and meanwhile down-regulate the mRNA expression of matrix extracelular phosphoglycoprotein.