Objective To discuss prognosis and relevant factors of the advanced age patients ( over 75 years old) with acute coronary syndrome two years after treated by percutaneous coronary intervene ( PCI ) and conservative treatment .Methods divided 134 cases of advanced age inpatients with acute coronary syndrome were into the obser -vation group and control group in accordance with the different therapies .To 71 inpatients in the observation group treated with standard PCI therapies and treated 63 inpatients in the control group with conservative treatment .Compare the clinical data and their cardiovascular event occurrence rate , case fatality rate and influencing factor of the two groups two years after they left the hospital .Results During the hospitalization ,there were 2 patients in the observa-tion group died,the case fatality rate was 2.82%(2/71),during 24 months follow-up visit,the cardiovascular event occurrence rate was 16.90%(12/71),and cardiac mortality was 5.63%(4/71).Well,in control group,there were 3 patients died,the case fatality rate was 4.76%(3/63),during 24 months follow-up visit,the cardiovascular event occurrence rate was 36.51%(23/63),and cardiac mortality was 11.11%(7/63).The fatality rate of the two groups during the hospitalization had no significant difference (χ2 =0.352,P=0.553),the cardiovascular event occurrence rate and cardiac mortality of the patients in the observation group was superior to that of the control group 24 months after they left hospital,the difference between the two groups was significant (χ2 =6.650,P=0.010).Conclusion PCI treatment to advanced age patients with ACS could reduce their myocardial infarction risk and case fatality rate and improve the symptom obviously ,effectively reduce the patients ’ cardiovascular event and cardiac death occurrence rate in two years .

Objective:To explore the therapeutic effect of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP)on acute my-ocardial infarction (AMI)complicated pump failure.Methods:Clinical data of 82 AMI patients complicated pump failure,which received emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)in our hospital from Jan 2010 to Oct 2013,were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were divided into IABP group (n=42,received PCI with auxiliary IABP)and routine PCI group (n=40,only received routine PCI therapy).Success rate of treatment,mortality,he-modynamic conditions [systolic blood pressure (SBP),diastolic blood pressure (DBP)and heart rate (HR)]stable to PCI time,length of hospital stay and complications were compared between two groups.Results:Compared with routine PCI group after treatment,there were significant rise in blood pressure [SBP: (80.3± 16.2)mmHg vs. (88.4±12.5)mmHg,DBP:(55.4±10.2)mmHg vs.(60.0±10.5)mmHg]and urine volume [(30.2±8.3)ml/h vs.(40.3±9.4)ml/h],and significant reduction in HR [(92.4±26.1)times/min vs.(80.5±18.5)times/min] in IABP group,P <0.05~<0.01;there was significant increase in success rate (72.5% vs.83.3%),and signifi-cant decrease in mortality rate (27.5% vs.16.7%),time stable to PCI for hemodynamical condition [(10.1±8.1) h vs.(5.0±2.5)h]and length of hospital stay [(18.4±6.2)d vs.(13.5±4.2)d]in IABP group,P <0.05 all;incidence rate of complications was no significant difference between groups (P >0.05).Conclusion:IABP adjuvant treatment helps to raise success rate of PCI,improve hemodynamic condition and increase urine volume,shorten length of hospital stay in patients with AMI complicated pump failure.

The effects of testosterone on norepinephrine release were investigated in the isolated rat hearts. Sprague-Dawley male rats (n=120) were randomized to testosterone and control groups. The rats in testosterone group were perfused with modified Krebs-Henseleit buffer containing different concentrations of testosterone (0.1, 1.0, 10.0, and 100.0 nmol/L, respectively). Myocardial ischemia was induced by globally stopping the perfusion flow. Exocytotic norepinephrine release was induced by electrical field stimulation at 5 V (effective voltage) and 6 Hz (pulse width of 2 ms) for 1 min. The overflow of norepinephrine was determined by high pressure liquid chromatography and electrochemical detection (HPLC-EC). Following acute ischemia, testosterone (1.0, 10.0 and 100.0 nmol/L) significantly reduced norepinephrine release (P<0.01), and the norepinepherine overflow was similar between the control and 0.1 nmol/L testosterone group (P>0.05). Electrical stimulation of the ventricle evoked norepinepherine release, and this was diminished by the perfusion with testosterone at the concentrations of 1.0, 10.0 and 100.0 nmol/L (P<0.01). It is suggested that testosterone suppresses ischemia- and electrical stimulation-induced norepinepherine release in the isolated rat hearts.

0.01). Among the groups classified by deformity degree,the percentage of excellence was the lowest in severe group (P0.05). The number of casts used among different groups were different (P0.05). Conclusion:Using Ponseti method to treat CTE for children older than 6 months can achieve excellent results in this study.

Objective:To evaluate the effectiveness of Ponseti method in the treatment of congenital talipes equinovarus (CTE) in children older than 6 months. Methods: Ponseti method was used to treat 157 cases (227 feet) of CTE in children older than 6 months. All cases were classified by age and by the degree of deformity severity. The age group classification was: (1) Ⅰ Group (6 months to 12 months),113 feet in 81 cases; (2) ⅡGroup (1 to 3 years old), 78 feet in 52 cases; (3) Ⅲ Group (>3 years old), 36 feet in 24 cases. The degree of deformity of CTE was evaluated with Pirani scoring system. The cases were classified into three groups according to the deformity degree : (1) Mild Group (scoring 1-2. 5) , 85 feet in 56 cases; (2) Moderate Group (scoring 3-4. 5) , 104 feet in 71 cases; (3) Severe Group (scoring 5-6) , 38 feet in 30 cases. A Pirani score of 0-0. 5 is regarded as an excellent result. For each group, we evaluated the number of casts used, the percentage of excellent result according to the Pirani score, and the percentage of percutaneous achillotenotomy. The result was compared among different groups. Results: The overall percentage of excellent result among all cases was 96.92%. A-mong the age groups, the percentage of excellence was not statistically different between Ⅰ Group and Ⅱ Group (P>0. 05). The percentage of excellence was lower in the Ⅲ group than the other groups (P> 0. 01). Among the groups classified by deformity degree, the percentage of excellence was the lowest in severe group (P<0. 05), and the difference between the mild group and moderate group was not statistically different (P>0. 05). The number of casts used among different groups were different (P<0. 01). Among different groups, the percentages of percutaneous achillotenotomy were significantly different (P<0. 01). 209 feet in 148 caseswere followed up for average time duration of 3 years and 11 months. Re-lapse was observed in 40 feet in 29 cases. The percentages of relapse were not statistically different among different groups (P>0. 05). Conclusion: Using Ponseti method to treat CTE for children older than 6 months can achieve excellent results in this study.

OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of penehyclidine on the level of cytokines in infants with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB).METHODS:A total of 60 children with congenital heart disease(CHD)were divided into three groups:Group P1(intramuscularly injected with penehyclidine before operation),Group P2(intramuscularly injected with penehyclidine before and after operation),and Group C(intramuscularly injected with atropine before operation).The levels of cytokine were determined at different time.Postoperative salivary secretion and X-ray of chest were observed.RESULTS:After CPB,the levels of the inflammatory cytokine in all the three groups were significantly higher,with those in Group P1 and P2 significantly lower than in Group C(P

Positive selection and differential selective pressure analyses were carried out to study Haemagglutinin (HA) genes of H9N2 influenza viruses from different hosts in this paper. Results showed that, although most positions in HAs were under neutral or purifying evolution, a few positions located in the antigenic regions and receptor binding sites were subject to positive selection and some of them were even positively selected at the population level. In addition, there were always some positions differentially selected for viruses from different hosts. Both selection pressure working on HA codons and positions differentially selected might account for the extension of the host range and adaptations to different hosts of H9N2 influenza viruses.

Human enterovirus 71 viruses have been long circulating throughout the world. In this study, we performed a positive selection analysis of the VP1 genes of capsid proteins from Enterovirus 71 viruses. Our results showed that although most sites were under negative or neutral evolution, four positions of the VP1 genes were under positive selection pressure. This might account for the spread and frequent outbreaks of the viruses and the enhanced neurovirulence. In particular, position 98 might be involved in neutralizing antibodies, modulating the virus-receptor interaction and enhancing the virulence of the viruses. Moreover, both positions 145 and 241 might correlate to determine the receptor specificity. However, these positions did not display much difference in amino acid polymorphism. In addition, no position in the VP1 genes of viruses isolated from China was under positive selection.

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of levosimendan on patients with acutely decompensated heart failure (ADHF).Methods A prospective randomized and controlled study was carried out from June 2013 to June 2014.Patients were randomly divided into levosimendan group and dobutamine group,with 60 patients in each group.All patients received an intravenous infusion of levosimendan or dobutamine for 24 hours.Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP),stroke volume (SV) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were measured.The cardiovascular mortality,rehospitalization rate,the composite endpoint differences and the incidence of adverse events were compared between two groups in 1,3,6 months after treatment.Comparisons between two groups were made using Student t-test or one-way ANOVA.Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 17.0 software and a P value of ＜ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results There was no significant difference in the basic characteristics between two groups.Compared with baseline level,the plasma BNP levels,SV and LVEF were improved at 24 h in both groups (P ＜ 0.05).The cardiac function indexes were better in levosimendan group than in dobutamine group at 24 h [BNP (1147±407) pg/mL vs.(1 502±501) pg/mL,SV (60.9±9.6) mL vs.(57.3±10.3) mL,LVEF (31.6±6.0)％ vs.(28.8±5.1)％,P＜0.05].One month later,the cardiac function indexes were still better in levosimendan group than baseline [BNP (796 ± 296) pg/mL vs.(1 951 ±692) pg/mL,SV (64.6±9.5) mL vs.(52.2±9.1) mL,LVEF (33.4 ±5.8)％ vs.(25.7 ± 6.1) ％,P ＜ 0.05].After l months of treatment,the composite endpoint in levosimendan group was significantly lower than dobutamine group (5％ vs.16.3％,P =0.043).There was a downward trend of mortality and rehospitalization rate in levosimendan group in six months follow-up (P ＞ 0.05).The incidence of side effects was no statistically significant between groups (both were 13.3％).Conclusions Levosimendan is superior to that of dobutamine in improving the hemodynamic status and prognosis in ADHF patients,and the adverse reaction of levosimendan is less.

Objective Brain natriuretic peptide(BNP) is released from the cardiac ventricles in response to increased wall tension. The prognostic significance of blood brain natriuretic peptide in Chinese patients with cardiovascular disease has not been established. The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of brain natriuretic peptide for predictin g cardiac death within 1 month in Chinese patients with cardiovascular disease. Methods One hundred and seven inpatients with cardiovascular disease, whose blood brain natriuretic peptide concentration were measured within 1 - 3 days of admission, using triage BNP test, were divided into 2 groups: the survival and the non-survival, according to the results of 1was positively correlated with heart rate, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, history of heart failure and old myocardial infarction (r=0.28, P=0. 000 4; r=0.49, P＜0. 000 5; r=0.39, P＜0. 000 5; r=Area under the curve of the receiver-operating-characteristic(ROC) of brain natriuretic peptide to predict cardiac death at 1 month in patients with cardiovascular disease was 0.89%, 95% confidence interval 0.79-0. 98, P＜0. 000 5; stepwise logistic regression analysis indicated that brain natriuretic peptide (≥755pg/mL) was the only independent predictor of cardiac death at 1 month in patients with cardiovascular disease (OR= 17.6, 95 % confidence interval, 8.7- 66.5, P＜0. 000 5 ). Conclusion Brain natriuretic peptide might predict cardiac death at 1 month in patients with cardiovascular disease.