1.The effect of Diltiazem on the major adverse cardiac events after percutaneous coronary intervention
Yixin TANG ; Lingping ZHU ; Quan SUN ; Zhifang PEI ; Xiaoyu TONG ; Ying LUO
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2015;34(9):959-961
Objective To detect the impact of Diltiazem on the major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in six months after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).Methods A total of 192 patients after PCI with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease were enrolled in this study.The patients were randomly divided into Diltiazem therapy group (101 patients) and non-Diltiazem therapy group (91 patients).The high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) was assessed before and 24 h after PCI,and the incidence of Major adverse cardiovascular events(MACEs) were assessed at the sixth month after PCI.Results Compared with before PCI,hs-CRP level increased significantly in both group after PCI (P<0.01),but hs-CRP level was lower in Diltiazem therapy group than in non-Diltiazem therapy group (P<0.05).Compared with non-Diltiazem therapy group,there was lower incidence of MACEs during six months follow-up in Diltiazem therapy group.Conclusions Diltiazem can decrease the incidence of MACEs during six months after PCI.
2.Current situation and risk factors of social isolation among elderly people in Chinese communities: a Meta-analysis
Lingping LUO ; Lei WEI ; Jiaxin GU ; Yue HU ; Zhixuan HUANG ; Ming LI
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2024;30(9):1159-1166
Objective:To systematically review the current situation and risk factors of social isolation among elderly people in Chinese communities.Methods:The research on social isolation of elderly people in Chinese communities was electronically searched on China National Knowledge Infrastructure, WanFang Data, VIP, China Biology Medicine disc, PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library. The search period was from database establishment to August 1, 2023. Two researchers independently conducted literature screening, quality evaluation, and data extraction, and used Stata 17.0 software to conduct Meta-analysis on the incidence and risk factors of social isolation among elderly people in the community.Results:A total of 29 articles were included, with a total of 49 713 samples. Meta-analysis showed that the incidence of social isolation among elderly people in Chinese communities was 29.5%. Advanced age, education below college level, poor self-rated health, lack of exercise, coexistence of chronic diseases, impaired daily living activities, hearing loss, depression, lack of spouse, low family care, low social support, and low social participation were the main risk factors for social isolation among elderly people in the community ( OR ranging from 1.57 to 3.34, P<0.05) . Conclusions:The incidence of social isolation among elderly people in Chinese communities is high, and there are many risk factors. Medical and nursing staff should strengthen early screening for social isolation among the elderly and provide early intervention for the risk factors.
3.Clinical application of single breath-holding left ventricle artificial intelligence assisted compression sensing T 2-weighted dark blood imaging sequence
Xianghu YAN ; Yi LUO ; Lingping RAN ; Shiyu ZHANG ; Liming XIA ; Lu HUANG
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2023;57(1):48-53
Objective:To explore the feasibility of cardiac T 2 weighted dark blood sequence (T 2W-DB) based on artificial intelligence assisted compression-sensing(ACS) in clinical cardiac MR examination, compared with the conventional cardiac fast spin-echo T 2W-DB sequence. Methods:A total of 38 patients referred for cardiac MR examination in Tongji Hospital were enrolled prospectively from August to December 2021. The conventional T 2W-DB scan and the single-shot ACS T 2W-DB scan were acquired at continuous short-axial slices covering the whole left ventricle in all patients, and the acquisition time of each scan was recorded. The image quality of the two sequences was evaluated by the objective quantitative parameters and the subjective scoring methods, respectively. The signal to noise ratio (SNR), the contrast to noise ratio of the interventricular septum to blood pool (CNR), and the sharpness of the images were calculated. The subjective scoring was to evaluate the overall image quality, the effect of blood pool suppression, the visibility of right ventricular free wall, left ventricular free wall, and interventricular septum with a 5-point Likert scale. The intraclass correlation coefficient and Kendall W were calculated to evaluate the interobserver agreement of the objective quantitative parameters and subjective scoring. The paired t-test or Wilcoxon test was used to compare the difference in acquisition time, objective quantitative parameters and subjective scoring between the conventional T 2W-DB and the single-shot ACS T 2W-DB. Results:The inter-observer agreement between the single-shot ACS T 2W-DB and conventional T 2W-DB was good in all the objective quantitative parameters and subjective scoring of image quality ( P<0.05 for all). Compared with conventional T 2W-DB, acquisition time of single-shot ACS T 2W-DB was remarkably shortened [(85.8±14.7) s vs. (16.9±3.0) s, t=35.42, P<0.001]. Compared with SNR (66.4±29.0) and CNR(61.8±28.6) of conventional T 2W-DB, single-shot ACS T 2W-DB had significantly higher SNR(110.8±36.8, t=-8.13, P?0.001) and CNR(88.2±31.1, t=-5.89, P?0.001). Compared with conventional T 2W-DB, single-shot ACS T 2W-DB had better blood pool inhibition effect (4.6±0.6 vs. 4.7±0.5, Z=-2.64, P=0.008). There was no significant difference in overall image quality, visibility of right ventricular free wall, left ventricular free wall, and interventricular septum between the two sequences( P>0.05 for all). Conclusions:In cardiac MR examination, compared with the conventional T 2W-DB sequence, the single-shot ACS T 2W-DB sequence can significantly shorten the acquisition time and obtain better image quality.