Objective To inquire into the forward clinical results of ventricular pacing, dual-chamber sensing, atrial-triggered, and ventricular-inhibited (VDD) Pacemaker in an unipolar lead.Methods 16 patients with the pacemaker were studied from 1993 to 2002, including 12 male patients and 4 female patients at 49 to 75 years old (average age 64 4 7 8 years old). They were in normal sinus rhythmia with complete or high degree atrial-ventricular block. Lead electrode was inserted through subclavian venous access, and the pacemaker was implanted in the same side as the electrode.Results All patients were followed up from 1 to 112 months (average 68 8 6 3 months) after pacemaker implantation. Their heart functions were improved, symptoms disappeared, life quality remarkably improved. Atrial sensing of VDD was good. One patient was died from coronary heart disease with heart failure by following up for 42 months, but the rest were healthy. Conclusions VDD pacemaker implantation was simple, easy to perform if its indication was appropriate. It could alleviate patients symptom and its therapy was effective. We should think highly of using VDD pacemaker, especially at poor region.

BACKGROUND: Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)is considered safe for diagnosis of meniscus injury,having accuracy as high as 80% to 100%.However,it is found that there are some false positive and false negative in the clinic.OBJECTIVE: Through assessment of menisci injuries of the knee using magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopy,to investigate MRI manifestation in different types of meniscal injuries.METHODS: A study from January 2003 to December 2008 was performed in 212 patients with knee injury undergoing preoperative MRI.Radiograph was read by physicians who had a senior professional title from radiology and orthopaedics departments,and meniscus damage and damage morphology were predicted.Arthroscopy was conducted by chief physician.Meniscus damage during surgery was considered as gold standards.The accuracy of them was compared.The statistics of accuracy of MRI diagnosis was gathered.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Totally 212 patients and 230 knees were included,and a total of 215 knees of meniscus injury were described by MRI diagnosis and 213 knees of meniscus injury were proven by arthroscopy.The sensitivity,specificity and accuracy of MRI diagnosis of meniscus injury respectively were 93.5%,64.7%,93.0%.It is found that the sensitivity of MRI diagnosis of bucket-handle damage is high.MRI is easy to miss diagnosis in a light meniscus posterior horn tear,and resuts are more false positive in lateral meniscus injury.It needs arthroscope operation or further surgery in some condition such as gradeⅢ type injury,meniscus displacement after injury and articular capsule separation,which indicates instable meniscus.

Objective To evaluate the basilar artery hemodynamical changes in cervical rotation and ventral flexion by color Doppler flow imaging(CDFI). Methods Basilar artery blood flow were detected during cervical With cervical right lateral,left lateral rotation and ventral flexion, the detection ratio of basilar artery by ultrasound were 89% ,84% ,81% respectively. There were no difference in statistics between the detction ratio of three kinds during cervical flexion,peak systolic velocity(PSV) and end-diastolic velocity(EDV) decreased apparently during left lateral rotation,which did not change during right lateral rotation. No changing was found with resistant index between the three kinds of cervical position. Conclusions The hemodynamic changing of basilar artery during cervical rotation and flexion could be detected by CDFI accurately,which might be useful in clinical study.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the influence of parathyroid hormone and estrogen on alveolar bone metabolism of castrated female rats.

METHODSSixty-six female Wistar rats which were healthy and 4 months old were divided into two groups, with group SHAM (n = 18) and group ovariectomy (OVX) (n = 48). After 8 weeks of ovariectomy, the osteoporosis model was confirmed by examing 8 ovariectomized and sham-operated rats. The rest 10 rats in group SHAM were the control group (group A). The rest 40 rats in group OVX were divided into ovariectomized group (group B), ovariectomized and treated with estrogen (group C), ovariectomized and treated with parathyroid hormone (group D), ovariectomized and treated with estrogen and parathyroid hormone (group E) at random with 10 in each group. Group A and B injected physiological saline (1 mL x kg(-1)), group C injected estradiol benzoate (10 microg x kg(-1)), group D injected parathyroid hormone (20 microg x kg(-1)), group E injected parathyroid hormone (20 microg x kg(-1)) and estradiol benzoate (10 microg x kg(-1)). The intraperitoneal injection were maken every other day to rats in each group, which continued for 8 weeks. The bone mineral density (BMD), bone histomorphology and serum Ca, P, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were measured after therapy.

RESULTSAfter 8 weeks of ovariectomy, the lumbar BMD of ovariectomized rats were significantly declined compared with those of the sham-operated rats (P < 0.05). Eight weeks later after the drug use, the BMD, %Tb.Ar, Tb.Th, Tb.N in group C, D, E were slightly elevated compared to group B, especially the group E (P < 0.05). Serum calcium and phosphorus values did not change significantly (P > 0.05). ALP values in group B was significantly higher than that in group A (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONIntermittent application of parathyroid hormone in small doses can increase alveolar BMD of castration rats and improve their bone structure. And it can have synergy effects on the treatment of osteoporosis if it is used combining with estrogen.

Alkaline Phosphatase ; Animals ; Bone Density ; Estradiol ; analogs & derivatives ; Estrogens ; Female ; Osteoporosis ; Ovariectomy ; Parathyroid Hormone ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Rats, Wistar

Objective To compare the effect of intravenous resuscitation with sodium pyruvate (Pyr) Ringer solution against lactated Ringer solution on hemodynamic and organ functions during shock stage in dogs with burn.Methods 28 Beagle dogs were subjected to 50％ total body surface area (TBSA) burn,and they were divided into three groups:burn injury without fluid resuscitation (N R,n =8),Ringer lactate solution(RL,n =10),and Pyr Ringer solution (RP,n =10).They were given intravenous fluid resuscitation according to Parkland formula 30 minutes after burn.The hemodynamics,organ functions and mortality were observed in conscious state before burn injury,and 2,6,8,12,24 hours after burn injury.Results Within 24 hours after burn,all the dogs in NR group died,and those in RL and RP groups were all alive.At 2 hours after burn,the mean arterial pressure (MAP),cardiac index (CI),dp/dt max of left ventricular contractility were significantly reduced in NR,RL and RP groups compared with those before injury [MAP(mmHg,1 mmHg =0.133 kPa):45.33 ± 7.78 vs.141.67 ± 5.98,91.33 ± 10.25 vs.142.33 ± 6.16,98.67 ± 9.54 vs.142.83 ±5.47; CI (mL·s-1·m-2):8.17 ±0.83 vs.48.34 ±3.33,16.84 ±2.17 vs.47.34 ± 1.67,19.00 ± 1.50 vs.47.34 ± 1.33; dp/dt max (mmHg/s):426.83 ± 51.91 vs.1 372.50 ± 39.61,594.00 ± 88.23 vs.1 363.83 ± 44.92,645.00 ±66.82 vs.1 395.83 ± 19.49,all P＜0.05],and the systemic vascular resistance (SVR) and alanine transaminase (ALT),creatinine (Cr),serum MB isoenzyme of creatine kinase (CK-MB),diamine oxidase (DAO) were significantly higher [SVR (kPa·s ·L-1):1 322.50 ±36.37 vs.281.45 ± 8.84,777.50 ±41.84 vs.289.72 ± 6.70,571.40 ±40.01 vs.286.27 ±8.66; ALT (U/L):89.50 ±4.11 vs.40.57 ±3.63,89.25 ±4.88 vs.37.92 ± 2.62,86.30 ±5.61 vs.38.47 ±3.50; Cr (μmol/L):75.62 ±4.61 vs.41.58 ±2.78,77.00 ±5.92 vs.46.55 ± 3.17,74.13 ±2.56 vs.45.65 ± 1.83; CK-MB (kU/L):13.122 ±0.282 vs.1.557 ±0.009,8.885 ±0.272 vs.1.497 ± 0.009,8.692 ± 0.180 vs.1.490 ± 0.005; DAO (kU/L):2.26 ± 0.14 vs.0.25 ± 0.02,1.50 ± 0.07 vs.0.25 ± 0.01,1.37 ± 0.07 vs.0.25 ± 0.02,all P＜0.05].All parameters in NR group kept on worsening till death,while hemodynamic and organ functions of two intravenous resuscitation groups were gradually improved,CI,SVR and DAO in RP group were significantly superior to those of RL group from 2 hours on after burn (all P＜0.05),and dp/dt max and CK-MB in RP group were significantly better than those of RL group from 6 hours on after burn [dp/dt max (mmHg/s):1 082.33 ± 63.59 vs.1 018.60 ± 47.36,CK-MB (U/L):7 898.70 ± 255.74 vs.8 438.70 ± 442.00,all P＜0.05],and MAP (mmHg) was significantly better than that of RL group at 6 hours (124.67 ± 9.39 vs.114.33 ± 9.16,P＜0.05),and Cr (tμmol/L) was significantly better than that of RL group from 24 hours on after burn (53.42 ± 4.99 vs.60.77 ± 3.11,P＜0.05).Conclusion The Pyr Ringer solution was superior to the Ringer lactate solution in improving hemodynamic and organ functions for intravenous resuscitation in dogs with 50％TBSA full thickness burn.

Objective To investigate the interseed dose attenuation for multiple 125I seeds.Methods Monte Carlo simulation was done by Geant 4 to investigate the dose distribution of single seed and multiple seeds.The results were compared with the dose calculation method from TG43-U1 and examined by experiments.Results The difference of single seed dose distribution between Monte Carlo method and line source model was ± 3％.The difference between Monte Carlo method and experiment result was ± 5％.The interseed dose attenuation of multiple seeds at the interesting points was 3.8％ to 13.2％ and the average interseed dose attenuation was 7.2％.The difference of experiment result and Monte Carlo result was less than 6％.Conclusions The interseed attenuation is about 7％ and the maximum value may be larger than 13％ for multiple seeds.The interseed dose attenuation may be larger in tissue.So it is not accurate to calculate the dose distribution by using TG43-U1.

Objective To study the effect of nucha electroacupuncture (NEA) on 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood of acute cerebral infarction (ACI) patients. Methods 72 cases with first ACI were randomly divided into NEA group (n= 38) and control group (n=34). Their 5-HT levels in CSF and blood were determined before and 4 weeks after treatment. Results Before treatment, the 5-HT in the CSF was (0.67±0.13) μmol/L in the NEA group and (0.71±0.11) μmol/L in the control group (P>0.05), while that in the blood was (0.44±0.19) μmol/L in the NEA group and (0.41±0.10) μmol/L in the control group (P>0.05). After treatment, the 5-HT in the CSF was (1.12±0.32) μmol/L in the NEA group and (0.83±0.15) μmol/L in the control group (P<0.05), while that in the blood was (0.87± 0.14) μmol/L in the NEA group and (0.63±0.07) μmol/L in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion NEA can increase the 5-HT in both CSF and blood after ACI, which may facilitate to reduce post-stroke depression.

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the most common cause of congenital infection, resulting in birth defects such as microcephaly. In this study, RT-PCR and Western Blotting were performed to quantify the regulation of endogenic nerve growth factor expression in neuroglia cells by HCMV infection. The results showed that basal, endogenous NGF expression in U251 was unchanged during early HCMV infection. NGF expression is strongly down-regulated during the latent phase of infection. These results suggest that HCMV can depress the NGF expression in U251 cells.

Objective Gastrointestinal rehydration is a simple and effective method in treatment of burn shock during war-time, fire disaster and other harsh conditions , and practice has proved the exact curative effect of HCO 3 salt sugar liquid .This article was to investigate the effect of pyruvate-enriched oral rehydration solution ( Pyr-ORS ) on intestinal mucosal blood flow ( IMBF ) , activity of Na +-K+-ATPase and intestinal absorption rate during en-teral resuscitation of a 35% TBSA third-degree scald in rats . Methods 90 male rats were randomly divided into 5 groups: scald without fluid resuscitation ( S group ); sham scald resuscitated with HCO3 salt sugar liquid ( SS HCO3 group ); sham scald resuscitated with Pyr-ORS ( SS Pyr-ORS group ); scald resuscitated with HCO 3 salt sugar liquid (S HCO3 group); scald resuscitated with Pyr-ORS (S Pyr-ORS group) (n=18).Each group was divided into 2 subgroups of 1.5 and 4.5 h after scald injury.Intestinal absorption rate of water and Na +, IMBF and activity of Na +-K+-ATPase were detected on each group . Results Compared with shame scald groups , the intestinal absorption rates of water and Na +decreased ob-viously in scald groups with fluid resuscitation (P<0.05);at 1 h after scald injury, the intestinal absorption rates of water and Na +in S Pyr-ORS groups were both higher than those in S HCO 3 groups(P<0.05).Compared with shame scald groups , IMBF and activity of Na+-K+-ATPase at 1.5 and 4.5 h after scald injury decreased obviously in scald groups with fluid resuscitation (P<0.05); at 1.5 and 4.5 h after scald injury, IMBF in S Pyr-ORS groups (95.250 ±5.096/112.765 ±7.215) were greater than those in S HCO3 group (80.764 ±7.852/94.671 ±8.469), which was of statistical significance (P<0.05). Conclusion Pyr-ORS is a simple and effec-tive method in treatment of burn shock during wartime , fire disaster and other harsh conditions .

Objective To find a proper number of implanted fiducials in order to reconcile both more accurate image tacking and less pain for the patients.Methods The phantom was made of two parts of different materials.The inner part was a ball-cube phantom developed by Accuray Corporation, which could be regarded as a rigid body, with 5 fiducials inside using as the reference to align the whole phantom in the experiment.The outer part was made of additional silicone rubber with two components to simulate soft tissue as a non-rigid body, which was implanted with 8 fiducials inside.All combinations of different number of fiducials were tracked to aquire the target location information, which were then compared with the reference position that was set by the inner 5 fiducials to obtain the deviations of the translation and the rotation parameters.Thus the impact of the number of fiducials on image target localization accuracy could be analyzed easily.Results When 4 fiducials are used for tracking, the decline of translation and rotation errors for every fiducial is largest (0.086 mm and 0.033°).The translation error was decreased by 0.343 mm from 1 to 4 fiducials, while by only 0.077 mm from 4 to 8 fiducials;the same decline was observed for rotation errors (0.131° for 3 to 4 fiducials , and 0.09° for 4 to 8 fiducials , respectively) .Conclusions When 4 fiducials are used for tracking, the decline of errors for every fiducial is maximum.When one more fiducial is adding, the image target localization accuracy can be enhanced obviously from 1 to 4 fiducials, but not as obvious for more than 4 fiducials.