Objective Stroke is one of the leading causes of death.Carotid occlusive diease is responsible for 25% of the ischemic strokes.Surgical carotid endarterectomy has been accepted as the best maragement for the extracranial caroid occlusive disease.However,in recent years,with the development of the endovascular technology,carotid artery stenting becomes more and more popular accompanied by increase of articles in this field correspondingly.The practical difficulty exists in comparison hetween the carotid stenting and endarterectomy through randomized controlled trials.Standardized report including trial design,patient selection,outcomes,statistical disposition thus hecome extremely necessary.This article gives a detailed description concerning about the patient selection,pretreatment evaluation,treatment description,curative effect evaluation and complications of carotid artery stenting.The purpose of this article is to standardize the reports of carotid stenting so that the descriptive and statistical data from different authors and agents can be compared.

Objective To summarized the diseases which were demonstrated as hyperintensity lesions on high diffusion sensitive gradien(high b value) diffusion weighted imaging(DWI) To investigate the differential diagnosis of the diseases and to discuss the corresponding biophysics mechanism Methods 90 cases were studied, which were clinically highly suspected of brain ischemic stroke onset and in which hyperintensity lesions were demonstrated on DWI The patients were divided to 2 groups according to the time between the onset and the MR examination:group A(1 5-6 0 h)with 13cases, group B(7 h to 8 d)with 77cases The appearances of the lesions on conventional MRI, ADC values and anistropy(CV )of the lesions were studied Results hyperintensity lesions on high b value DWI were demonstrated in following diseases: acute ischmia, hematoma, abcesses, mengioma, mutiple sclerosis(MS) The ADC value was decreased to(5 87?1 02)(10 -4 mm 2/s in superacute cerebral ischemia, while the ADC value increased to (8 08?1 15)?10 -4 mm 2/s in active MS The CV in cerebral ischemia lesions was higher than the control group( P

Objective To summarize the appearances of MS lesions on DWI, and to quantitatively study the ADC and AI values in different clinical MS subgroups Methods One hundred and eighty seven lesions were studied in 18 cases of MS at different clinical stages Routine MR and DWI were performed in all cases ADC and AI were calculated in the lesions,NAWM, and normal control group Results Hyperintensity (edema like on T 2WI) was demonstrated on DWI at acute primary progressive MS lesions Hyperintense ring sign was found at acute relapse MS lesions ADC increased in all subgroups of MS Significant difference of ADC was demonstrated among MS lesions, NAWM, and normal control groups Significant decrease of AI was demonstrated at later stages Hyperintensity was found in all MS lesions on T 2WI The hyperintensity lesions on DWI had enhanced or non enhanced appearances on CE T 1WI The ADC value of enhanced MS lesions was less than that of the non enhanced lesions ( t =4 19, P 0 05) Conclusion DWI could give quantitative information for different pathological changes in MS lesions of different clinical subgroups Quantitative measurement of diffusion has great potential value in the diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and the prediction of prognosis in MS

Humans ; Lead ; urine ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Spectrometry, Fluorescence ; methods ; Spectrophotometry, Atomic ; methods

Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 ; genetics ; Cell Adhesion Molecules ; genetics ; Extracellular Matrix Proteins ; genetics ; GATA4 Transcription Factor ; genetics ; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial ; genetics ; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular ; genetics ; Humans

Objective Using MRI techniques and the FreeSurfer software package to research the occipital lobe's surface area in children with ametropic amblyopia.Design Prospective,nonrandomized clinical trial.Participants The amblyopic group included 10 children with ametropic amblyopia.The control group included 10 children with normal sight.Methods The brain MRI scan was per- formed with SIEMENS AVANTO 1.5 Tesla scanner.For the surface area analysis,3-demensional MPRAGE images were analyzed with FreeSurfer software package.Main Outcome Measures Occipital lobe related surface area(cuneus,later occipital,lingual,perical- carine)of bilateral hemisphere.Results No difference was between the ages of the two groups.The surface areas of the lingual,pefical- carine,cuneus of bilateral hemisphere and lateraloccipital on the left hemisphere in amblyopic patients were smaller than those of nor- real children(P

Objective To investigate the cortex gray matter configuration in amnestic mild cognitive impairment(aMCI)patients using MRI technology, FMRIB software library(FSL)and Freesurfer software.Methods Twenty aMCI patients and 20 normal control subjects were recruited and studied. They were matched by age, sex and education. All the patients and healthy volunteers underwent MRI scan using SEMENTS trio 3.0 T MRI. The subtile three-dimensional brain images were obtained using high resolution scanning technique. The imaging data was processed and analyzed with FSL and Freesurfer software. The cortex gray matter density and thickness in different brain areas of aMCI patients and normal control subjects were calculated and compared using statistic analysis. Results Compared to that in the controls, cortex gray matter density in the aMCI patients showed remarkable decreases in left frontal lobe, temporal lobe,parietal lobe, and slight decrease in right thalamus, temporal lobe and island lobe; For cortex thickness,aMCI patients showed significant decreases in left anterior cingulate gyrus((2. 19 ±0. 24)mm), inferior parietal lobe((2. 27 ± 0. 15)mm), bilateral parahippocampal gyrus((2. 03 ± 0. 15),(2. 04 ±0. 17)mm), precentral gyrus((2. 20 ± 0. 11),(2. 31 ± 0. 19)mm), postcentral gyrus((1.88 ± 0. 11),(1.82 ± 0. 09)mm), superior frontal gyrus((2. 42 ± 0. 34),(2. 40 ± 0. 28)mm), middle frontal gyrus ((2.31±0.31),(2.33 ±0.29)mm), supramarginal gyrus((2.53 ±0.33),(2.55 ±0.23)mm),temporal pole((3.41 ±0.68),(3.30 ±0.56)mm)and transverse temporal gyrus((2.04 ±0. 12),(2. 01 ± 0. 11)mm; t = 2. 13-3.75, P ＜ 0. 05), no significant changes in the other areas(t = 0. 09-1.88, P ＞ 0. 05). Conclusions Our results suggest that there are significant changes in gray matter configuration in cortex of aMCl patients. The changes of cortical thickness is earlier than the changes of gray matter density.

Objective To inject PPTA into the cochlea of guinea pigs through scala tympani fenestration ,to study the protective effect of PPTA injection on the cochlear damage induced by gentamicin and mechanism of oxy-gen free radical .Methods Randomly divided were the guinea pigs with normal hearing into three groups :the con-trol group ,GM group and PPTA group .We injected the artificial perilymph 10μl /d into cochlea through scala tym-pani fenestration on control group for 3 days ,injected GM 160 mg · kg -1 · d-1 on GM group for 3 days ,injected the PPTA 10 μl /d into the cochlea through scala tympani fenestration and injected GM 160 mg · kg -1 · d-1 at the same time on PPTA group for 3 days .We tested ABR and analyzed the hearing changes .We tested the OFR level reacted by SOD and GSH of the cochlea tissue .SEM and TEM were performed to observe the change of cell mor-phology .Results For ABR ,the control group was 12 .75 ± 3 .796 ,GM group 28 .230 ± 4 .953 ,PPTA group23 .47 ±9 .211 dB SPL(P<0 .05) .For SOD ,the normal group was 50 .241 ± 9 .080 ,GM group 28 .230 ± 4 .953 ,PPTA group 43 .089 ± 4 .587 U/mgprot(P<0 .05) .For GSH ,the normal group was 3 .03 ± 0 .33 ,GM group 1 .51 ± 0 .13 ,PP-TA group 2 .50 ± 0 .16 Ggsh/L(P<0 .05) .The changes of hair cells of PPTA group were obviously less severe than that of GM group .For TEM ,the changes of spiral ganglion and stria vascularis of PPTA group were obviously less severe than that of GM group .Conclusion Injecting PPTA through scala tympani fenestration can protect cochlea by generating the excess of OFR when confronting against GM .

Calcinosis ; Female ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Vascular Diseases ; pathology