Objective To observe the preventive effect of alprostadil on contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients undergoing coronary intervention.Methods Two hundred and fifteen patients undergoing coronary intervention were divided into treatment group (112 cases) and control group (103 cases) by random digits table method.Patients in treatment group were treated routinely with addition of alprostadil (10 μ g intravenous injection every 12 h once for 7-10 days,given before surgery).Patients in control group were given routine therapy only.Complications of the two groups and CIN occurrence were observed.Results The occurrence rate of CIN in treatment group was lower than that in control group[7.1％ (8/112) vs.18.4％ (19/103),P ＜ 0.05].The occurrence rate of CIN in patients with renal insufficiency was higher than that in patients with normal renal function [51.6％ (16/31) vs.6.0％ (11/184),P ＜ 0.01].The occurrence rate of CIN in patients with diabetes was higher than that in patients without diabetes [22.1％(15/68) vs.8.2％ (12/147),P ＜ 0.01].Conclusions Alprostadil in coronary intervention before treatment can obviously reduce the incidence of CIN.CIN is more likely to occur in patients with renal insufficiency or with diabetes.

Objective To study the influence of body mass index on ambulatory venous pressure of chronic venous insufficiency of lower extremity.Methods One hundred and two consecutive patients with chronic venous insufficiency of lower extremity were enrolled in this study.Ambulatory venous pressure and body mass index were assessed and compared.Normal body weight group had 28 cases,over weight group had 43 cases,obesity group had 31 cases.Resets The complication of pigmentation,eczema,skin sclerosis and ulcer were more in obesity group and over weight group than those in normal body weight group.The resting pressure (P0) in obesity group,over weight group and normal body weight group were (118.0 ± 11.5),(113.0 ± 9.7),(101.0 ± 10.6) mm Hg (1 mm Hg =0.133 kPa),the pressure after unclamp 4 s (4SP)were (75.00 ± 2.99),(71.00 ± 3.01),(65.00 ± 2.17) mm Hg,the percentage of decreased pressure(pd)were (35.0 ± 5.4)％,(39.0 ± 4.3)％,(43.0 ± 5.1)％,the time of P0 recovered 50％ (RT50) were(7 ± 1),(9 ± 2),(12 ± 3) s.The P0 and 4SP in obesity group,over weight group were significantly higher than those in normal body weight group (P ＜0.05).The Pd,RT50 in obesity group,over weight group were significantly lower than those in normal body weight group (P＜0.05).Conclusion With the increasing of body mass index,the chronic venous insufficiency of lower extremity is more severity.

Objective To evaluate the preliminary mechanisms of endovenous laser treatment (EVLT) for lower extremity varicose vein.Methods Laser energy was endovenously administered to observe its biological effects on greater saphenous vein (GSV) segments with different conditions.Some great saphenous vein that was surgically removed after EVLT was examined by means of histopathology.Cruor status was tested after EVLT.Results Histopathologic examination found the vein wall treated by EVLT showed reddening,carbonization,or even perforation,denudation of the intima,loss of cellular contours,and fibrin deposition.Additionally,some areas showed marked vacuolization of cells or even spongiosis,swelling and waxy homogenization of collagen,focal coagulation necrosis within the intima.In saline-filled veins,EVLT-induced vessel wall injury was confined to the site of direct laser impact.In contrast,blood-filled veins exhibited thermal damage in more remote areas including the vein wall opposite to the laser impact.D-dimer was significantly changed after EVLT.Conclusions EVLT laser induced indirect local heat injury of the inner vein wall by steam bubbles originating from boiling blood is proposed as the pathophysiological mechanism of action of EVLT.Intravascular blood plays a key role for homogeneously distributed thermal damage of the inner vein wall during EVLT.No significant difference could be detected between the two laser wavelengths.Continuous emission mode is better than pulse emission mode.

Retrievable vena cava filters can be used to prevent pulmonary embolism. The advantage of the retrievable vena cava filters is that they can either be removed or be remained in the vena cava permanently if needed. This article describes the current status of retrievable vena cava filters including indications, outcomes, patient management, time of filter removal, and the management of thrombus in the filter.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical effect of acupuncture in managing thalamic pain syndrome. Methods: Eighty patients with thalamic pain syndrome were randomly allocated into two groups, with 40 cases in the treatment group receiving combined scalp and body acupuncture treatment and 40 cases in the control group receiving single body acupuncture treatment. The intervention was given for 28 d in total, and the effects were evaluated after 14-day and 28-day treatments. Results: The inner-group comparison of McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) showed significant differences after the treatment d 14 in both of the two groups (P<0.05), and after the treatment d 28, the differences were even more significant (P<0.01). After 28-day treatment, compared with pre-treatment, the Transcranial Doppler (TCD) test detected significant changes in the two groups (P<0.05). The total effective rate was 72.5% in the treatment group versus 47.5% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The 3-month follow-up study found the relapse rate was 0 in the treatment group and 15.8% in the control group, and the difference was significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: Acupuncture is effective in treating thalamic pain syndrome and combined scalp and body acupuncture can achieve even better results.

0.05),as well as in the composite of MACCE(0.47% vs 1.14%) between the two groups.Also,no significant difference existed in the rate of target vessel revascularization(3.48% vs 3.28%,P=0.958),occlusion of lower extremity artery(0.67% vs 0.82%,P=0.857) and hemorrhagic events(0.67% vs 0.82%,P=0.613) between the two groups.Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed the cumulative hazard rate for the MACCE was similar(P=0.521).There were 5 and 4 CR patients in the Plavix group and the clopidogrel bisulfate group,respectively.Dose enlargement in addition to dual antiplatelet therapy decreased significantly the PAR of CR patients in both groups(78.2%?11.9%,76.2%?10.5%,vs 80.8%?13.2%,81.8%?12.2%,P

Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) is the most common type of refractory focal epilepsy. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can provide qualitative and quantitative information on the microstructural arrangement of epileptic brain tissue. DTI is significant for insights to the pathophysiological mechanism of mTLE, and has potential for investigation of changes in structural connectivity of mTLE. The development and application of DTI in research of mTLE were reviewed in this article.

ObjectiveTo investigate the therapeutic effect and function mechanism of ginkgo biloba extract (EGb) for severe acute pancreatitis.MethodsFifty - four patients,who were diagnozed according to the inclusion criteria,were divided into two groups at random.They were from the People's Hospital of Anyang City from November 2006 to December 2010.In treatment group,25 patients were treated with integrated EGb and other comprehensive treatment group,and 21 patients completed the treatment; in the the contrast group,the 29 patients were trested with simple comprehensive treatment group,and 23 patients completed the treatment. Comprehensive therapy included Somatostatin and antibiotic,ect. Besides the comprehensive therapy,patients in the treatment group were intra - venously infused with 87.5 mg EGbeveryday.Before the day of treatment,on the 3rd and 7th day after the treatment,blood TNF-α,IL-6 and amylase level were determined.Blood MDA level was measured and Balthazar CT grades was observed before the day of treatment and on the 7th day after the treatment.Abdominal pain,abdominal distension and tenderness were observed.Pancreatic infection incidence rate was compared between the two groups.All experimental data were processed with SPSS version 11. 0 statistical software. Quantitative data were analyzed byRepeated Measurement ANOVA or t - test.Count data were analyzed by x2 test.ResultsThe values of blood TNF-α,IL-6 and amylase level were significantly lower in treatment group than in contrast group on the 3rd and 7th day after the treatment ( P ＜ 0.05 ).The values of blood MDA and Balthazar CT grades were significantly lower in treatment group than in the contrast group on the 7th day after the treatment (P ＜ 0.05 ).There was a significantly shorter period of abdominal pain,abdominal distension and tenderness in treatment group than in contrast group.( P ＜ 0.01 ).The pancreatic infection incidence rate of the treatment group was lower than that of the contrast group ( P ＜ 0.05 ).ConclusionsEGb could alleviate notably the cytokine release,restrain oxidative stress and remove the free oxygen factor,prevent and treat Pancreatic infection and necrosis.

[Objective] To investigate and discuss if there are special syndromes,same disease but different syndromes and same syndrome but different diseases in the different gastric ulcer rat models.[Methods] Based on reports,we select fourmethods-stress,antifani,apoplon,and alcohol to make gastric ulcer model simultaneously,and set up the normal and control groups.Then we use the standardized and quantified four diagnostics and differentiation methods for mice,which are established to examine and appraise the above models in an objective,dynamic and quantified way.[Result] First,different mice models have different syndromes,such as in the water immersion model,damage to Qi blood Yin and Yang was slight and recovered quickly.The anti-fani model,with typical syndromes of cold in the stomach,is a compound model of Qi,blood,Yin and Yang deficiency;second,there exists syndrome evolution in the disease diversity stage in the same rat;moreover,significant syndrome difference exists for the same disease in different rat.For example,on the second day after the alcohol was given to the rats,there was Yin deficiency,or abundance of Qi,or deficiency in both Yin and Yang to the different individual.Thirdly,as for same syndrome but different disease,similar syndromes appear on the same stage in different diseases,as well as the similar syndrome appear on the different stage in different diseases.For instance,the anti-fani model and the apoplon model have similar syndromes of cold in the stomach,Qi deficiency,Yin and Yang deficiency.[Conclusion] There exist respective syndromes in different gastric ulcer mice models.We can infer that to put into practice"treating the same disease with different methods"and"treating different diseases with same method"will help improve the curative effect.