Objective\ The posterior communicating arteries (PCoA) are the most variable in the cerebral arterial circle of Willis. The figure of Chinese in Taiwan is required to be filled up in the category of Chinese stream. Methods\ In this study, the outer diameter of the PCoA was measured through an imaging computing system with enlargement up to twenty times for the collected fifty formalined adult human brains of Chinese in Taiwan. Results\ The external diameter of the internal carotid end of the PCoA averaged 1\^72?0\^77( ?s )(0\^7 4 3) mm in the left and 1\^69?0 78(0\^8 3\^3) mm in the right; 1\^59?0\^58(0\^8\|3\^0) mm in the left side of the posterior cerebral end and 1\^59?0\^68(0\^5\|3 2) mm in the right side of it. Conclusion\ These data display close to the white people values and are wider than that of Mainland Chinese. It is due to virtue in the usage of measurement.\;[

To find the related syndrome factors of gouty arthritis with blood stasis syndrome by mathematical methods of set pair analysis and connection number so as to guide the diagnosis.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical efficacy of Qinzhu Liangxue Decoction (QZLXD), a compound traditional Chinese herbal medicine, in patients with blood-heat type psoriasis vulgaris. METHODS: Fifty-eight patients diagnosed with blood-heat type psoriasis vulgaris were randomly divided into two groups: QZLXD group (30 cases) and ampeptide group (28 cases). Patients in both groups were treated for 4 weeks. Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score, Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) score and the level of serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were obtained to evaluate the efficacy of the two treatments. RESULTS: There was a better curative result in QZLXD group than in ampeptide group (P<0.05). The response rates in QZLXD and ampeptide groups were 83.33% and 64.28% respectively. DLQI score was also significantly improved during 4-week treatment in QZLXD and ampeptide groups (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in VEGF level between QZLXD and ampeptide groups. CONCLUSION: QZLXD is remarkably advantageous in treatment of psoriasis vulgaris of blood-heat syndrome and improvement of patient's quality of life. The mechanism may be related to decrease in serum VEGF level and action against neogenesis of blood vessels.

Objective To study the target organ damage in patients of hypertension with metabolic disorder. Methods 1033 patients were divided into five groups: hypertension without complications(102 cases), hypertension with dyslipidemia (117 cases), hypertension with abdominal obesity(119 cases), hypertension with type 2 diabetes mellitus(135 cases), hypertension with metabolic syndrome (560 cases). The structure and the function of heart and blood vessel were examined by color Doppler. Urinary microalbuminuria was determined. Results (1)Only 9.9% patients of hypertension were without metabolic disorder, 90.1% hypertensives complicated with the metabolic disorder; (2)Compared with hypertension with dyslipidemia, hypertension with type 2 diabetes mellitus (P90%) complicated with the metabolic disturbance. Hypertension complicated with abdominal obesity accentuate left ventricular hypertrophy. Hypertension with diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome accentuated the vascular and renal lesion.