Objective To study mortality of acute myocardial infarction caused by acute left main coronary artery occlusion.The objectives of this analysis were to determine the effect of primary PCI and the impact of cardiogenic shock on acute myocardial infarction caused by acute left main coronary artery occlusion.Methods From 1999 to 2005,of 752 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction,16 patients had acute left main coronary artery occlusion with TIMI flow≤2.All patients were given primary PCI.Results Of these 16 patients,9(56.25%)died in hospital,and 7(43.75%)discharged.In the survival group reperfusion was successful in 100% of patients,as opposed to 44.44% in the mortality group(P=0.019).Cardiogenic shock was overt in 12(75.00%)patients,42.86% of the survival group and 100% of the mortality group(P=0.020).Shock patients had higher in-hospital mortality than stable patients(75 % vs 0%,odds=4.0,95%CI 1.50~10.66,P=0.019).Conclusion Patients presenting with AMI caused by acute left main coronary artery occlusion and cardiogenic shock have poor survival regardless of primary PCI.Nevertheless,primary PCI is a feasible and effective procedure,and it may save lives in this clinical setting.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) on elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) combined with cardiogenic shock (CS).Methods Among 62 elderly patients with AMI plus CS undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI),32 patients received IABP before PCI (IABP group) and 30 patients did not (control group).Diastolic blood press ure(DBP),mean arterial pressure (MAP),heart rate,cardiac index (CI),and ejective fraction before and 2 weeks after PCI in the two groups were observed.The short-and long-term therapeutic effects were compared between the two groups.Results The DBP,MAP and CI were higher and heart rate was lower in IABP group than in control group within 24 h after IABP [(64.4± 11.1) mmHg vs.(37.8±15.1) mmHg,(71.4±8.3) mmHg vs.(43.0±10.5) mmHg,(2.98± 0.33) L· min-1 · m-2 vs.(1.99±0.29) L· min-1 · m-2,(90.7±18.7) /min vs.(130.2±50.1)/min,t=7.97,11.83,12.51,4.16,all P=0.000].Two weeks after IABP,LVEF was significantly improved in IABP and control groups as compared with pre-IABP [(46.4±7.2)％ vs.(35.2± 7.2) ％,(39.1±6.8) ％ vs.(33.8±6.7) ％,both P＜0.01],and heart function was improved more significantly in IABP group than in the control group (t=3.91,P=0.000).Death tolls during hospitalization and after leaving hospital,and recurrence of AMI had no significant differences between the two groups (2 cases vs.4 cases,3 cases vs.8 cases,6 cases vs.10 cases,x2 =0.89,3.17,1.72,P=0.346,0.075,0.190).Conclusions IABP can improve the cardiac function in elderly AMI patients with CS after PCI.

Objective To assess ventilation administration during fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FB) in neonates. Methods Twenty-three neonates divided into two group (A group 12 neonates, B group 11 neonates) received FB. All were given pressure support ventilation (PSV)by a Y-like facility which connected to fiberoptic bronchoscope suction hole. In A group,after the tip of fiberoptic bronchoscope arrived at the carina, PSV was administrated. In B group, PSV was administrated in the entire process during FB, SpO2 and electrocardio were monitoring. Artery blood samples for blood gas analysis were obtained at four stages of just before FB,with the tip of the bronchoscope at the supralarynx,just before withdrawing bronchoscope out off trachea and within 20-30 minutes after FB. The arterial blood oxygen tension (PaO2), arterial blood carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) and SpO2 just before FB served as baseline. The same indexes of other three stages were compared with the baseline. Results All 23 neonates were studied completely. When the tip of fiberoptic bronchoscope advanced from nostril to the supralarynx, SpO2, PaO2 and PaCO2 in two groups were similar to the baseline. In A group, when the tip below the glottis, cyanosis occurred, and SpO2 decreased significantly ( P＜0. 01 ) in 11 cases (92%) by 25% ; When tip at the carina, after PSV, cyanosis disappeared, and SpO2 returned to the baseline level, PaO2 keep on the baseline just before withdrawing the bronchoscope out of the trachea. SpO2 ,PaO2 in all B group neonates keep on the baseline during FB. After the tip below the glottis,PaCO2 in all neonates of the two groups increased significantly ( P＜0. 01 ), but returned to baseline within 20-30 minutes after FB. Conclusion FB can cause significant hypoxemia and hypercapnia in neonates. PSV through fiberoptic bronchoscope can be considered a safe and beneficial ventilation technique for maintaining oxygenation during FB.

Objetive To study the effects of captopri on AT1 and AT2 receptors of load-pressured hypertrophied cardiac muscles of adult rats.Methods Using the methods of narrowing and contraction of the aorta of adult healthy rats to establish the model of animals with hypertrophied cardiac and to observe the changes of receptors AT1 and AT2 of hypertrophied cardiac muscles of AC rats by comprehensive applications of cardiac-tube,immunity tissue chemistry and the technique of image disjunction.Results Left ventricular and cardiac muscles of rats were increased remarkably as the pressure-loading time lasted.After using captopri,left ventricular hypertrophied one was decreased more significantly than that in control group.The expression of receptor AT 1 was increased remarkably as the pressure-loading time lasted.The expression of receptor AT2 was increased transiently,after that reached about as high as control group.AT1/AT2 was increased one week after operation,and then was progressively decreased.After AC,captopri prevented hypertrophied cardiac muscles and receptor AT1 in cardiac muscles.AT1/AT2 was remarkably decreased.Conclusion Load-pressured cardiac hypertrophy may increase the expression of AT1.The expression of receptor AT 2 was increased transiently.The main working mechanism of captopri's preventing and treating the load-pressured cardiac hypertrophy in adult rats may be lowering the expression of AT1 and may effectively block the cardiac hypertrophy regulation precess of Ang ll via AT1 preventing load-pressured cardiac hypertrophy in adult rats.

Cultivating students' creative spirit was an important aim of higher education,and improving scientific research ability was an effective way to realize this aim.Using Journal of Zhejiang Medical College as the carrier,Journal editorial department tried to improve students' scientific research ability.For instance,served fund projects,found competition's added value,offered course about research design and paper writing.The students' scientific research ability was improved.

Objective To investigate post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and life quality (QOL) of children and adolescents with cancer,and analyze the correlation between PTSD and QOL and study whether PTSD would influence QOL.Methods We investigated PTSD by using the PTSD-SS,and investigated QOL by using the EORTC QLQ-C30 V3,and the data was performed by SPSS 17.0.Results The PTSD-SS total score and the scores of EORTC QLQ-C30 of function field and of whole life quality field were negatively correlated,and the PTSD-SS total score and the scores in symptom field and six single measurement of EORTC QLQ-C30 were positively correlated.Conclusions PTSD of children and adolescents with cancer was closely related with the poor functional status and the high level of symptoms problem.PTSD has affected QOL.The higher level the PTSD is,the lower level of QOL will be.

Rhei Rhizoma is a Chinese medicine with multiple botanical origins. There is a problem to identify it with conventional methods. To compare the characteristics of chloroplast matK gene sequences of different Rheum species and authenticate inspected species, the matK gene sequences of different species from different origins were amplified, cloned, and sequenced. Genomic DNA of Rheum plants was extracted using modified DNA extracted Kit and matK gene sequences were analyzed by ContingExpress, DNAman and MEGA5.0. The length of matK gene sequences of Rheum palmatum, R. tanguticum and R. officinale were 1 518 bp containing 57 variable loci. According to the mutation sites, R. palmatum, R. tanguticum and R. officinale were divided into different genotypes separately. Based on the established method according to the loci 587, 707, 838, we successfully identified the genuine Rheum species from its adulterants.

Objective To investigate the predictive value of clinical and radiographic features in fungal pathogen identification in immunocompromised patients with pulmonary invasive fungal infection (IFI).Methods All consecutive immunocompromised adult patients with pulmonary IFI in respiratory intensive care unit (ICU)in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University were recruited during a 2 year period.All patients met the 2008 European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and Mycoses Study Group (EORTC /MSG) criteria were studied for proved or probable IFI responding to antifungal agents.The data of demographic,clinical and radiographic features,as well as serological test results of the patients were collected.Differences in the clinical and radiographic features of pulmonary IFIs caused by yeasts and molds were compared by χ2 test.A logistic regression model was used to perform discriminant analysis,and the effect of discrimination was assessed for accuracy.Results The study included 143 patients with a probable diagnosis of IFI who had the following risk factors:diabetes mellitus (43.4%),chronic lung disease (32.2%),broad-spectrum antibiotics administration (≥14 days;35.7%),malignancy (23.1%),corticosteroid therapy (≥14 days;23.1%),chronic renal failure and renal replacement therapy (16.1%),and immunological disease (10.5%).Frequent broad-spectrum antibiotics administration was associated with yeast infection (P <0.05 ),while mold infection was associated with chronic lung disease (P <0.05 ) .Yeast was more often isolated from patients with concurrent bacterial infection and on mechanical ventilation (P <0.05 ) . Thoracic high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT)showed the following images:bronchial pneumonia/pulmonary consolidation (53.1%),massive shadowing (29.4%),small nodules (24.5%),large nodules (18.9%),pleural effusion (18.9%),halo sign (14%),and cavity (9.8%).Imaging showed that mold was more common than yeast in patients with pleural and pericardial effusions (P <0.05).Logistic regression modeling showed that broad-spectrum antibiotics administration,prolonged mechanical ventilation,and pleural and pericardial effusions were statistically significant in fungal identification (P <0.05 ),with a predictive accuracy of 77.6%.Conclusions For immunocompromised patients with pulmonary IFI,most of the risk factors ,the main clinical and chest HRCT features did not help to predict the type of fungal pathogen,and yeast but not cryptococcus may be accompanied or colonized.

AIM: To observe the change of TNF-? mRNA in hypertrophic cardiac myocytes induced by pressure overload in rats and the effect of captopril. METHODS: Serum and heart were collected 42 days after the cardiac hypertrophy model made by pressure overload by abdomen aorta-constriction (AC). Hypertrophic parameter and the concentration of TNF-? in serum and left ventricle were determined by ELISA. TNF-? mRNA in cardiac myocytes was determined by in situ hybridization and analyze by ELIA image analysis system. The orientation of (TNF-?) mRNA in cardiac myocytes was also observed. RESULTS: Left ventricle hypertrophy was observed 42 days after operation. TNF-? mRNA in AC group elevated 98% compared to sham-operated group and descended 64.14% by captopril ((P

This study established superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO)-labeled nerve growth factor-beta (NGF-beta) gene-modified spinal cord-derived neural stem cells (NSCs). The E14 rat embryonic spinal cord-derived NSCs were isolated and cultured. The cells of the third passage were transfected with plasmid pcDNA3-hNGFbeta by using FuGENE HD transfection reagent. The expression of NGF-beta was measured by immunocytochemistry and Western blotting. The positive clones were selected, allowed to proliferate and then labeled with SPIO, which was mediated by FuGENE HD transfection reagent. Prussian blue staining and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to identify the SPIO particles in the cells. The distinctive markers for stem cells (nestin), neuron (beta-III-tubulin), oligodendrocyte (CNPase) and astrocyte (GFAP) were employed to evaluate the differentiation ability of the labeled cells. The immunocytochemistry and western blotting showed that NGF-beta was expressed in spinal cord-derived NSCs. Prussian blue staining indicated that numerous blue-stained particles appeared in the cytoplasma of the labeled cells. TEM showed that SPIO particles were found in vacuolar structures of different sizes and the cytoplasma. The immunocytochemistry demonstrated that the labeled cells were nestin-positive. After differentiation, the cells expressed beta-III-tubulin, CNPase and GFAP. It was concluded that the SPIO-labeled NGF-beta gene-modified spinal cord-derived NSC were successfully established, which are multipotent and capable of self-renewal.
Cells, Cultured ; Dextrans/*diagnostic use ; Embryo, Mammalian ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Magnetics ; Magnetite Nanoparticles/*diagnostic use ; Nerve Growth Factor/*genetics ; Nerve Growth Factor/pharmacology ; Neural Stem Cells/*cytology ; Spinal Cord/*cytology ; Transfection