Objective To evaluate the effect of different doses of aspirin on the platelet inhibition rate by thremboelastography.Methods One hundred and eighty patients with ischemic stroke or transient cerebral ischemic attack (TIA) were randomly divided into aspirin 100 mg/d group (60 patients),aspirin 200 mg/d group (60 patients) and aspirin 300 mg/d group (60 patients) according to the order of treatment.The platelet inhibition rate which arachidonic acid pathway induced was measured by thromboelastography and compared at different time points (before medication; 7 days,6 months,1 year after medication).Results There were significant differences in the platelet inhibition rate after medication at different time points compared with that before medication in three groups (P ＜ 0.05).After medication at different time points,the platelet inhibition rate of aspirin 100 mg/d group and aspirin 200 mg/d group was gradually decreasing.On the contrary,that of the aspirin 300 mg/d group showed gradually increasing.Cross-sectional comparison of the three groups at different time points showed that there was no significant difference in the platelet inhibition rate among three groups before medication,7 days,6 months after medication (P ＞ 0.05).However,there was significant difference at 1 year after medication (P ＜ 0.05).The platelet inhibition rate inaspirin 300 mg/d group [(93.8 ± 18.6)％] was higher than that in aspirin 200 mg/d group [(83.7 ± 11.2)％]and aspirin 100 mg/d group [(76.6 ± 12.8)％] (P ＜ 0.05).During medication there were 9 patients of less than 50％ platelet inhibition rate in aspirin 100 mg/d group,5 patients in aspirin 200 mg/d group,3 patients in aspirin 300 mg/d group,and 2 patients of peptic ulcer bleeding in aspirin 300 mg/d group.Conclusions The appropriate dose of aspirin (100,200,300 mg/d) can play a very good anti-platelet effect.Increasing the dose on the basis of 100 mg/d,the platelet inhibition rate shows no increase in the short-term (≤6 months),but in the long-term (1 year) there may be differences.It may be associated with less aspirin resistance and the relative increasing bleeding risk.

Objective To analyze the mid- and long-term results after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), to evaluate the accuracy of multi-detector CT coronary angiography (MDCT) on the graft patency status and to compare the patency for different grafts. Methods One hundred and one cases underwent CABG from June 1992 to March 2008 were followed up by searching the database of MDCT (42 cases) and selective coronary angiography (SCA, 59 cases). The mean following up period was (66.79 ±44.27) months. Three hundreds and 10 grafts including 115 arterial and 195 venous were analyzed.A comparison of the patency rate between the arterial and venous grafts was also carried out. At the mean time, 2 groups were divided according to the paft lesions( patency of not). Uunivariate analysis and Logistic regression analysis were made for statistics. Results At the follow-up of (53.93 ± 36.80) months, the patent rate of LIMA, RA, SV and CV examined by MDCT was 94.7%, 92.0%, 85.9% and 60.0%, respectively. The patent rate for MDCT patients with angina was 83.5%, and 95.2% for angina-free group ( P = 0.046). At the follow-up of (75.95 ±47.09) months, the patent rate of LIMA, RA, SV and CV examined by SCA was 87.1%, 81.0%, 53.6% and 57. 1%, respectively. In SCA patients the patent rate was 62.0% for angina group and 100% for angina-free group ( P = 0.025 ). According to logistic regression analysis, only the postoperative period was statistically related to the graft lesion. Conclusion MDCT could find out the occlusions and obvious stenoses of the grafts after CABG. It might be served as a noninvasive method to evaluate the grafts patency postoperatively. The mid- and long-term patency of arterial grafts is better than venous grafts. Graft lesion is an important factor leading to postoperative recurrent angina pectoris. The severity of the graft lesion has a close relation to the lenth of postoperative period.

BACKGROUND:Studies have shown that bisphosphonates inhibit osteoclast resorption, but whether cathepsin K, a key cytokine of bone resorption, plays an effect has rarely been reported.
OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of bisphosphonate on capthesin K and bone resorption function during osteoclast differentiation.
METHODS:Osteoclasts were cultured by mouse monocyte-macrophage cellline-RAW264.7. The cells were divided into two groups:control group, treated with 100μg/L receptor activator of nuclear factorκB ligand factor;alendronate group, treated with 100μg/L receptor activator of nuclear factorκB ligand factor+10-7 mol/L alendronate. Osteoclastogenesis and resorption function of osteoclasts were examined at 7 days of culture and gene expression of capthesin K was detected by immunofluorescence method at 72 hours of culture. Western blot assay was used to detect capthesin K protein expression at 72 hours of culture.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase positive multinuclear cells were observed and resorption lacunae formed in two groups. Control group showed the higher number of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase positive multinuclear cells and larger size of resorption lacunae than the alendronate group (P<0.01). Immunofluorescence showed expression of capthesin K was higher in the control group than the alendronate group (P<0.01);furthermore, the protein expression of capthesin K was also lower in the alendronate group than the control group (P<0.01). These findings indicate that bisphosphonates could strongly inhibit osteoclastogenesis and its resorption function by inhibiting gene expression of capthesin K.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of cerebral venous sinus pressure measurement with a microcatheter in guiding stent angioplasty for the treatment of venous sinus stenosis.Methods A total of 42 patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) complicated by localized venous sinus stenosis were enrolled in this study.Microcatheter venous sinus venography with DSA and venous sinus pressure measurement were performed in all patients.Of the 42 patients,the pressure difference between the distal end and the proximal end of venous sinus ＞12 mmHg was found in 32,for whom balloon dilatation together with stent angioplasty was carried out.The venous sinus pressure was measured again after the treatment.The improvement of postoperative clinical symptoms was evaluated.The occurrence of complications,the symptom relapse and the patency of venous sinus were checked up.Results Successful venous sinus stent angioplasty was achieved in all 32 patients.The symptoms of intracranial hypertension were remarkably relieved,and no procedure-related complications occurred.The postoperative pressure difference between the distal end and the proximal end of venous sinus was significantly different from the preoperative one (P＜0.05),and the pressure showed a parallel correlation with the pressure of lumbar puncture.One week after the treatment,the headache was strikingly rclieved although visual acuity showed no obvious improvement.The patients were followed up for 12 months,no recurrence of clinical symptoms was seen,and magnetic resonance venography (MRV) or DSA examination showed that venous sinus blood flow was unobstructed and no restenosis was detected.Conclusion For the treatment of IIH stenosis complicated by localized venous sinus stenosis,endovascular stent angioplasty is relatively safe and effective,and the cerebral venous sinus pressure measurement with a microcatheter is of clinical significance for the selection of suitable patients as well as for the evaluation of curative effect.

OBJECTIVETo evaluate radial artery (RA) and internal mammary artery (IMA) grafts in coronary artery bypass and the use of color Doppler ultrasound in the peri-operative evaluation of IMA and radial-ulnar collateral circulation.

METHODSFrom June 1998 to June 2000, sixty cases of coronary bypass revascularization with RA and IMA were performed. Preoperatively, the radial-ulnar collateral circulation was evaluated with the modified Allen's test, color Doppler ultrasound and noninvasive oxygen saturation measurement. The IMA lumen and blood flow were measured at the first intercostal space with color Doppler ultrasound preoperatively and postoperatively.

RESULTSOne patient (1.7%) died of serious cardiac arrhythmia on the fourth postoperative day. There were no arterial graft harvest related complications. Before harvesting, the ulnar artery blood flow was 30.78 +/- 9.71 ml/min, and it increased to 43.36 +/- 13.98 ml/min (40.87% increase, P < 0.01) after the operation. Compared with the baseline, there was no obvious change of IMA blood flow postoperatively (P > 0.05), but the systolic/diastolic flow ratio markedly decreased from 8.57 +/- 3.98 ml/min to 3.41 +/- 4.87 ml/min (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONSArterial grafts can be safely used for coronary bypass revascularization with good results. The ulnar artery blood flow can increase compensatively after RA harvesting. The diastolic blood flow of grafted IMA markedly increased postoperatively. Color Doppler ultrasound was very helpful both in evaluating the radial-ulnar collateral circulation before RA harvesting and in assessing the patency of the grafted IMA after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Adult ; Aged ; Coronary Artery Bypass ; methods ; Coronary Circulation ; Humans ; Mammary Arteries ; transplantation ; Middle Aged ; Radial Artery ; transplantation

OBJECTIVETo investigate the association between exposure to the famine during early life and elevated resting heart rate (RHR) in adulthood.

METHODFrom June 2006 to October 2007, the employees of kailuan group who took part in the health examination were selected. Of those, 18 619 cases who was born during October 1, 1956 to September 30, 1964 in Hebei province were finally included in the analysis based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. All the subjects were received questionnaire survey, smoking and drinking, physical examination, Lab examination and the measurement of RHR. The subjects of famine exposure group (3 190 cases) were born from October 1, 1959 to September 30, 1961, semi-exposure group (3 851 cases) were born from October 1, 1958 to September 30, 1959 and from October 1, 1961 to September 30, 1962, control group (11 578 cases) were born from October 1, 1956 to September 30, 1958 and from October 1, 1962 to September 30, 1964. The RHR and the detection rate of elevated RHR were compared among the three groups. The Multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the association between of exposure to famine during early life and elevated RHR in adulthood.

RESULTSThe RHR level was higher in famine exposure group and semi-exposed group than control group, which were (74.34 ± 9.71), (74.41 ± 9.48) and (73.90 ± 9.45) beat per minute (bpm) (P values were 0.003 and 0.020, respectively). In all of the subjects. The results of multivariate logistic regression showed that exposure of famine during early life increased the risk of elevated RHR in adulthood after adjustment for age, gender and other confounders (OR = 1.10, 95% CI: 1.01-1.21). In men, exposure of famine during early life also increased the risk of elevated RHR in adulthood (OR = 1.15, 95% CI: 1.04-1.28); In women, there was no association between the famine exposure and elevated RHR (OR = 0.92, 95% CI: 0.74-1.14).

CONCLUSIONExposure of famine during early life increases the risk of elevated RHR in adulthood. This negative effect existed mainly in the male.

Adult ; Alcohol Drinking ; China ; Female ; Heart Rate ; Human Development ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Risk Factors ; Smoking ; Starvation

Objective To investigate the association between exposure to the famine during early life and elevated resting heart rate(RHR)in adulthood. Method From June 2006 to October 2007, the employees of kailuan group who took part in the health examination were selected. Of those, 18 619 cases who was born during October 1 ,1956 to September 30,1964 in Hebei province were finally included in the analysis based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. All the subjects were received questionnaire survey, smoking and drinking, physical examination, Lab examination and the measurement of RHR. The subjects of famine exposure group(3 190 cases) were born from October 1 ,1959 to September 30, 1961,semi?exposure group( 3 851 cases) were born from October 1,1958 to September 30, 1959 and from October 1, 1961 to September 30, 1962 ,control group(11 578 cases) were born from October 1, 1956 to September 30, 1958 and from October 1, 1962 to September 30, 1964. The RHR and the detection rate of elevated RHR were compared among the three groups. The Multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the association between of exposure to famine during early life and elevated RHR in adulthood. Results The RHR level was higher in famine exposure group and semi?exposed group than control group, which were (74.34 ± 9.71),(74.41 ± 9.48)and(73.90 ± 9.45)beat per minute(bpm)(P values were 0.003 and 0.020, respectively).In all of the subjects. The results of multivariate logistic regression showed that exposure of famine during early life increased the risk of elevated RHR in adulthood after adjustment for age,gender and other confounders (OR=1.10, 95%CI:1.01-1.21). In men, exposure of famine during early life also increased the risk of elevated RHR in adulthood(OR=1.15, 95%CI:1.04-1.28);In women, there was no association between the famine exposure and elevated RHR (OR=0.92,95%CI:0.74-1.14). Conclusion Exposure of famine during early life increases the risk of elevated RHR in adulthood. This negative effect existed mainly in the male.

Objective　To explore the difference of cerebral blood perfusion in patients with severe unilateral carotid artery stenosis by CTA,CTP and DSA combined assessment of circle of Willis (CoW) different mTICI compensatory grades.Methods　Sixty-five patients with unilateral carotid artery stenosis≥70% were selected according to CTA,and CTP.Among them,33 patients were confirmed by carotid compression test to have compensated blood supply to the stenosis side through anterior communicating artery and/or posterior communicating artery (mTICI ≥2b),which was called as the well compensated CoW group.The other 32 cases were confirmed by neck compression test that there was no compensatory blood supply to the stenosis side,or inadequate compensation (mTICI ≤2a) was called the poor compensatory CoW group.All patients were given internal carotid artery stenting (CAS) for severe internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis,and the residual stenosis was ≤30%.CTP examination was completed in all patients within 3 months after operation.The relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV),relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF),relative mean transit time (rMTT) and relative peak time (rTTP) of the middle cerebral artery blood supply area before and after operation were measured and calculated.The self-comparison of perfusion parameters before and after operation and the transverse comparison between the two groups.Results　There were significant differences in rMTT,rTTP and slightly increased rCBV in the poor compensated CoW group before stenting than the well compensated CoW group(P<0.05),but the difference in rCBF was not significant (P=0.14).After stenting,there were no significant differences in rCBV,rCBF,rMTT,and rTTP between the two groups (P>0.05).There was only no significant difference in rCBF between the two groups before and after stenting (P>0.05).Conclusion　For patients with severe unilateral carotid artery stenosis,different compensatory functions of Willis can significantly change the distribution of cerebral blood flow,providing a reference for the choice of carotid artery stent implantation.

Objective　 To compare the differences of the result measuring infarct core and hypoperfusion with imSTROKE and RAPID software.Method　This study collected medical imaging examination data from 611 patients with acute ischemic stroke,349 of them were examined by CTP and 262 of them were examined by PWI,DWI and ADC.The volumes of infarct core and hypoperfusion were respectively analyzed by RAPID and imSTROKE software.We used Bland-Altman analysis and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) as agreement assessment method between two software,and 25 ml,50 ml,70 ml set as the assessment point of accuracy for estimating infarct core volumes.45 ml,90 ml,125 ml set as the assessment point of accuracy for estimating infarct core volumes.Result　The median volumes of hypoperfusion and infarct core are 68.20 ml and 29.18 ml with imSTROKE software,while the median volumes of hypoperfusion and infarct core are 68.55 ml and 29.53 ml with RAPID software.ICCs (95%CI) of the result measuring infarct core and hypoperfusion with imSTROKE and RAPID software are 0.9885 (0.9865~0.9902) and 0.9880 (0.9860~0.9898).Conclusion　imSTROKE has high agreement with RAPID in the estimation of infarct core volumes and penumbra volumes.Both of them can be used to measure the volume of hypoperfusion and infarct core.

Objective　To explore the value of diffusion weighted imaging-Alberta stroke project early CT score (DWI-ASPECTS) in predicting early neurological deterioration (END) in the patients with acute anterior circulation cerebral infarction.Methods　The data patients with acute anterior circulation cerebral infarction treated in the department of neurology of our hospital from October 01 2014 to June 30 2016 were retrospectively analyzed.According to the occurrence of END.The patients were divided into END group and non-END group.The differences of clinical variables between the two groups were analyzed and compared.ROC curve was used to evaluate the predictive value of DWI-ASPECTS score in the patients with acute anterior circulation cerebral infarction.Results　The DWI-ASPECTS score of END group was significantly lower than that of non-END group (P<0.001).The DWI-ASPECTS (95%CI 0.466~0.8,95% CI 0.466~0.8 95% score 0.009) and the LDL-C (95% CI 1.006~2.316 score 0.047) were independent risk factors for END.ROC curve shows that when the DWI-ASPECTS is 7 as the cut-off point.The area under the curve is 0.769 (95%CI 0.715~0.818),the sensitivity is 61.54% and the specificity is 88.04%.Conclusion　DWI-ASPECTS has a good predictive value in the patients with acute anterior circulation cerebral infarction.Which should be further verified by a large sample study.