Objective To study the relationship between the cerebral artery stenosis and the carotid artery elasticity in the ischemia stroke patients by echo-tracking technique.Methods Ninety-two ischemia stroke patients were divided into both the mild cerebral arteries stenosis and moderate-severe cerebral arteries stenosis groups.CT angiography was performed to evaluate the stenosis of cerebral artery.The changes of the carotid diameter during cardiac cycles were obtained by echo-tracking technique and the quantitative parameters of pressure-strain elastic modulus (Ep),stiffness (β) and arterial compliance (AC) were calculated automatically. Results①There were significant differences (P＜0.05) between the ischemia stroke patient group and the normal adults group in β，Ep and AC.② There were significant differences (P＜0.05) between the mild cerebral arteries stenosis groups and the moderate-severe cerebral arteries stenosis groups in β and Ep.AC was lower in patients with the mild cerebral arteries stenosis groups than that in the moderate-severe cerebral arteries stenosis groups.Conclusions The carotid artery elasticity in ischemia stroke patients were significantly different from normal adults.In the ischemia stroke patients,the stiffer the carotid artery was,the higher the likelihood of moderate-severe cerebral stenosis was.

Objective To explore the anatomic character of brachial plexus nerve by ultrasonography,and provide a basis for ultrasound-guided brachial plexus block.Methods Twenty-four healthy volunteers were chosen for high-frequency sonography examination,the features of brachial plexus distributions were studied in the axilla location and the interscalene location.Results Brachial plexus of all the 24 cases were detected.At the axilla level,main braches of brachial plexus nerves were very close to the axillary artery.At the interscalene level,the brachial plexus was consistently found between the scalenus anterior and medius muscles in the interscalene groove.Conclusions Using high-frequency sonography,the main braches of brachial plexus can be observed clearly.

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of the ratio of % Micro to % Hypo in the diagnosis of three kinds of common thalassemia and iron‐deficiency anemia (IDA ) .Methods Forty‐nine cases of IDA ,24 cases of mildα‐thalassemia ,24 cases of mildβ‐thalassemia ,24 cases of silent α‐thalassemia and 120 individuals undergoing healthy physical examination were selected as the research subjects and divided into 6 groups:normal group ,IDA group ,mildα‐thalassemia group ,mildβ‐thalassemia group ,silentα‐thalassemia and mild thalassemia group(in duding mild α‐thalassemia group and mild β‐thalassemia group) .The % Micro and %Hypo were deteced in each group and their ratio was calculated .The results were performed the analysis and comparison .Results The % Micro/% Hypo ratio had statistical difference between the mild thalassemia group and IDA group ,between the mild thalasse‐mia and IDA group with the normal group(P<0 .01) .The% Micro/% Hypo ratio had no statistical difference between the silent α‐thalassemia group and normal group ,and between the mild α‐thalassemia group and mildβ‐thalassemia group (P>0 .05) .With the% Micro/% Hypo ratio of 0 .9 as the discriminant value to diagnose mild thalassemia and IDA ,its sensitivity ,specificity and accuracy for diagnosing mild thalassemia were 91 .67% ,91 .89% and 91 .72% respectively ,the sensitivity ,specificity and accuracy in diagno‐sing IDA were 91 .94% ,91 .25% and 91 .18% respectively .Conclusion The ratio of % Micro/% Hypo has good differential diagno‐sis and assisted diagnosis screening value ,but has little value for diagnosing silent α‐thalassemia .