Objective To investigate the association between the MTHFR gene C677T mutation and CAD in patients with hypertension. Methods Of the 103 cases of patients with hypertension who underwent coronary angiography, 58 were CAD and 45 were not. MTHFR genotypes were identified by PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis with Hinf I digestion. Plasma folate was determined by radioimmunoassay. Plasma HCY was determined by HPLC. Results The frequencies of T677 allele (0.45) in the CAD group were markedly higher than those in the control group (0.33, P=0.03), plasma homocysteine level in the CAD group (17.73?2.22 ?mol/L) was also significantly higher than that in the control group (12.18?1.23 ?mol/L, P=0.037). There was no significant difference in the concentrations of folate for the two studied groups. Conclusion The MTHFR gene T677 variant is the genetic high risk factor for CAD in patients with hypertension. It can induce the hyperhomocysteinemia, potentially contributing to the pathogeny of CAD.

Objective To establish clinical quality control method with testing the birdcage head coils and setting up the action limits.Methods Three different MR devices (GE 1.5T HDi,GE 3.0T HD and GE 3.0T 750W) and corresponding birdcage coils were tested.Axial T1WI was performed to scan ACR phantom.SNR,percent image uniformity (PIU) and percent signal ghosting (PSG) were measured for six times,and the mean values and standard deviations (SD) were calculated.Based on the results,the action limits for each parameter were set.Results The mean value of SNR for the three devices was 262.14,280.47 and 474.24,and SD was 18.43,29.67 and 29.95,respectively;the action limits were ≥225.28,≥221.13 and ≥414.34,respectively;the mean value of PIU for the three devices was 95.00％,83.17％ and 84.33％,SD was 0.63％,1.17％ and 0.82％,respectively;the action limits were ≥93.74％,≥82.00％ (corrected) and ≥82.69％,respectively.The mean value of PSG for the three devices was 0.11％,0.07％ and 0.14％,SD was 0.12％,0.03％ and 0.11％,respectively;the action limits were ≤0.35％,≤0.13％ and ≤0.36％,respectively.Conclusion All of SNR,PIU and PSG for three MR devices were consistent with the action limits in this study.