Six patients with ST segment elevated acute myocardial infarction (AMI), who were 52.5 years old in average, were enrolled and performed the treatment at Tongren Hospital from November 2003 to June 2004. Following percutanecus transluminal coronary angioplasty and stent revascularization, autologous bone marrow stem cell (BMSC) transplantation was performed after informed consent was obtained. Patients were subcutaneously injected with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) at 1 week before transplantation. When CD34+ cells going up to 1%-3% in peripheral blood, mononuclear cells in peripheral blood were harvested,purified, and further infused into the infarcted related coronary artery with an over-the-wire balloon catheter. Following up was performed every half a year. Four years later, the infarcted area of these patients was further decreased by 8.03%, in the basic descent of 42.7% at 3 months averagely; total infracted area descent was 50.73%, but ejection fraction increased by 4.6% from 50.8%. There was no serious coronary artery restenosis and/or stenosis formation which need revascularization upon angiography.

Prospective research have shown that whole exome sequencing (WES) may be considered when a diagnosis cannot be obtained using routine prenatal methods, e. g., chromosomal karyotyping and copy number variation sequencing, for fetuses with significant structural anomalies. WES can increase the diagnostic rate of genetic disorders in such fetuses by 8%~10%. Prenatal WES has been gaining wide acceptance. However, due to the limitations of fetal phenotypic evaluation and complexity of ethical issues in prenatal diagnosis, to justify and standardize the application of prenatal WES and maximize its clinical utility has become an urgent need. In view of this, a consensus has been formed by referring to the latest guidelines, expert consensus and authoritative literature. This consensus has put forward suggestions on the suitable objects of prenatal WES, pre-test consultation, sampling and laboratory testing, results report, post-test consultation, pregnancy outcome follow-up, multidisciplinary consultation of difficult cases, preservation of prenatal WES samples and data information.

Objective To investigate the efficacy of the indocyanine green (ICG) clearance test (ICGR15) combined with the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) for assessing the short-term prognosis of patients with liver failure.Methods Eighty patients with liver failure were analyzed retrospectively.ICGR15 and relevant clinical data within 24 hours of diagnosis were analyzed.Meanwhile,the MELD score and King's College Hospital (KCH) were evaluated.All findings were tested for correlation with 3-month mortality.Quantitative data were analyzed with analysis of variance and Student's t-test.Count data were analyzed with chi-square test.Correlation analysis was performed with Pearson's coefficient test.Results Among 80 patients with liver failure,39 patients survived and 41 died.The mortality rate of all patients was 51.2％.The serum total bilirubin,creainine concentrations,ICGR15,MELD scores and patient number in accordance with KCH criteria of surviving patients were (288.0±109.1) μmol/L,(63.3±24.4) μmol/L,(48.1±10.2)％,20.6±4.4,and 6 cases,respectively,which were lower than those in dead patients [(340.7 ± 108.2) μmol/L,(98.8 ± 59.1) μmol/L,(60.2 ± 10.6) ％,26.9 ± 7.1 and 19 cases,respectively] (P =0.033,P＝ 0.001,P＝ 0.000,P＝ 0.000 and P =0.003,respectively).There was no significant difference of ICGR15 among four types of liver failure.A positive correlation was observed between ICGR15 and MELD score (r=0.289,P=0.009).The ICGR15-MELD model was created by subjecting ICGR15 and MELD scores to Logistic regression analysis.The following ICGR15-MELD model,Logit (P) =0.105 × ICGR15 + 0.178 × MELD score-9.734,was constructed by Logistic regression analysis.The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was 0.860 and the cut offpoint of 0.3 had sensitivity of 85.40％ and specificity of 74.40％.The area under the curve of the ICGR15-MELD model was significantly higher than those of ICGR15 (0.791),MELD score (0.770) and KCH criteria (0.655).Conclusions ICGR15 and MELD scores perform better than the KCH criteria in predicting the prognosis of liver failure.The ICGR15-MELD model is superior to ICGR15,MELD score,and KCH in predicting the short term prognosis of patients with liver failure.

Objective To compare the predicting values for Prognosis among Global Risk Classification (GRS),Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With TAXUS and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) score,the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) in patients who received stenting because of unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) lesion.Methods Totally 105 successive elderly patients with ULMCA lesion who received stenting were divided into 2 groups:with and without main adverse cardiac events (MACE).The clinical and angiographic characteristics were analyzed and then compared among GRC,SYNTAX score and EuroSCORE.Results As compared with none MACE group,MACE group had higher EuroSCORE score (2.0±2.3 vs.6.5±2.9,t=8.18,P=0.002),and more trivessel disease and left main bifurcation lesion (x2 =8.96,6.96,P =0.011,P =0.008).High risk GRC showed more MACE than medium or low risk GRC [55.9％ (19/34) vs.20.5％(9/44),7.4％ (2/27),x2 =19.77,P=0.001].AUC(95％CI )of GRC,SYNTAX score and EuroSCORE were [0.821 (0.730-0.912),0.586(0.462-0.709) and 0.631 (0506-0.757)],respectively.Compared with SYNTAX score and EuroSCORE,GRC was superior in the MACE predicting value (Z=3.29,2.63,P＜0.01 or P＜0.05).

Background::Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in patients, especially elderly patients, who undergo cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. Studies have indicated a protective role of autophagy in AKI. However, the mechanisms underlying the regulatory effect of autophagy in AKI among patients undergoing cardiac surgeries are poorly understood. In this study, we aimed to test the hypothesis that exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate autophagy in tubular epithelial cells after AKI.Methods::Plasma exosomal RNA was extracted from young and elderly AKI patients undergoing cardiac surgery, and the miRNAs expression during the perioperative period were analyzed using next-generation sequencing. The screened miRNAs and their target genes were subjected to gene oncology function and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genome enrichment analyses. Renal tubular epithelial cell line (HK-2 cells) was cultured and hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) model was established, which is an in vitro renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) model. We used Western blot analysis, cell viability assay, transfection, luciferase assay to investigate the mechanisms underlying the observed increases in the levels of renal I/R injury-mediated exosomal miRNAs and their roles in regulating HK-2 cells autophagy. Results::miR-590-3p was highly enriched in the plasma exosomes of young AKI patients after cardiac surgery. Increased levels of miR-590-3p led to the increases in the expression of autophagy marker proteins, including Beclin-1 and microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3 beta (LC3II), and prolonged the autophagic response in HK-2 cells after H/R treatment. These effects were achieved mainly via increases in the exosomal miR-590-3p levels, and the tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 protein was shown to play a key role in I/R injury-mediated autophagy induction.Conclusion::Exosomes released from HK-2 cells after renal I/R injury regulate autophagy by transferring miR-590-3p in a paracrine manner, which suggests that increasing the miR-590-3p levels in HK-2 cell-derived exosomes may increase autophagy and protect against kidney injury after renal I/R injury.

Objective To detect variants of ARSA gene in a child featuring late infantile metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD).Methods PCR and Sanger sequencing was carried out for the patient and her parents.Results The patient had typical features of MLD including ARSA deficiency,regression of walking ability,and demyelination.Compound heterozygous variants of the ARSA gene,namely c.960G＞A and c.244C＞T,were detected in the patient,for which her mother and father were respectively heterozygous carriers.ARSA c.960G＞A was known to be pathogenic,while ARSA c.244C＞T was a novel variant.The same variants were not detected among 50 healthy controls.Conclusion The compound heterozygous variants c.960G＞A and c.244C＞T of the ARSA gene probably underlie the MLD in this patient.

In April 2022,an epidemic occurred in Gongshu District,Hangzhou,where Zhejiang Cancer Hospital is loca-ted.And the hospital was confronted with the most extensive,the most unusual and the most urgent public health emergency crisis since its establishment.Taking patients as the core and proceeding from the public perspective,an authoritative voice of a hospital was conveyed in a timely and accurate manner,which demonstrated the hospital's resolution and executive power in the crisis.Based on Malcolm Gladwell's"tipping point"theory,the paper reveals the situation of online public opinion caused by the sudden epidemic and its response,discusses the hospital's communication practices in handling public health emergencies and provides hospitals with practical reference for brand promotion and operation.

OBJECTIVETo summarise and analyse the experience and methods of managing the perioperative respiratory problems in patients with tumor of trachea or carina surgically treated during the last decade, and the ways of preventing severe postoperative respiratory complications in the future.

METHODSThirty-eight patients with tumor of trachea or carina surgically treated from 1991 to 2000 by different modes of tracheobronchial plastic surgery were retrospectively studied to summarise and analyse the changes in preoperative pulmonary function, postoperative complications and the management of perioperative respiratory problems.

RESULTSOut of 38 patients, 29 (76.3%) gave abnormal results to preoperative pulmonary function tests. 55.3% (21/38) of the whole series developed 45 postoperative complications with respiratory complications as the major one (80.0%). Seventeen patients who had undergone carinal pneumonectomy or carinal resection plus reconstruction gave far more complications (28 complications) than the remaining 21 patients treated by other modes of surgery (17 complications). Four patients died of postoperative complications with a mortality rate of 10.5%.

CONCLUSIONPatients treated with carinal pneumonectomy or carinal resection plus reconstruction give much more complications than patients treated by any other modes of large airway surgery. Fiberoptic bronchoscopic (FOB) guided intubation, precise surgical treatment, postoperative mechanical ventilation support, use of effective antibiotics and sufficient nutritional support are important for a successful management of these patients.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Perioperative Care ; Postoperative Complications ; Respiratory Function Tests ; Surgery, Plastic ; Tracheal Neoplasms ; surgery

OBJECTIVE To detect potential mutations of the EXT1 and EXT2 genes in a pedigree affected with hereditary multiple exostosis (HME). METHODS For a four-generation family with 7 affected individuals from 17 family members,genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral venous blood samples. All exons of the EXT1 and EXT2 genes were screened for potential mutation by PCR and Sanger sequencing. RESULTS A novel heterozygous frameshift mutation c.1202delT (p.I401Tfs*2)was found in exon 4 of the EXT1 gene in the proband and the other 6 affected individuals. The same mutation was not detected among the healthy members from the family. The mutation has given rise a truncated EXT1 protein with loss of 345 amino acids. CONCLUSION A novel frameshift mutation of the EXT1 gene has been identified in a pedigree affected with HME, which has enriched the mutational spectrum of the EXT1 gene and may facilitate genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis for the family.

OBJECTIVETo analyze a child with facial abnormalities with combined cytogenetic and molecular techniques and delineate its clinical phenotype.

METHODSNeuropsychological profile of the child was analyzed. Color Doppler, CT and MRI were used for detecting the nodules in the body. Conventional peripheral blood karyotypes of the child and his parents were analyzed with G-banding. Array-comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) was performed to detect minor structural chromosomal abnormalities.

RESULTSThe child had mental retardation, maxillofacial dysmorphism on the right side, and irregular solid nodules on the back. The karyotypes of the child and his parents were all normal, while aCGH has identified a de novo constitutive 1.2 Mb deletion at 17q11.2 in the child. The aCGH results of his parents were normal.

CONCLUSIONThe de novo 17q11.2 microdeletion probably underlies the facial abnormalities and neurofibromatosis in the patient.

Child, Preschool ; Chromosome Banding ; Chromosome Deletion ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17 ; genetics ; Comparative Genomic Hybridization ; Humans ; Intellectual Disability ; genetics ; Karyotyping ; Male ; Maxillofacial Abnormalities ; genetics ; Phenotype ; Smith-Magenis Syndrome ; genetics