Objective To explore the efficacy of using a single branch stent-graft to treat primary intramural hematoma located at the distal arch or descending aorta in Stanford A type aortic intramural hematoma. Methods From July 2020 to November 2022, 10 patients with primary intramural hematoma of Stanford A type aortic intramural hematoma were treated with endovascular repair using a single branch stent-graft in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital. There were 9 males and 1 female, aged from 32 to 66 years, with a mean age of (47.0±10.4) years. All patients had intramural hematoma involving the ascending aorta and aortic arch, diagnosed as type A intramural hematoma, with the tear located in the descending aorta. Among them, 6 patients were complicated by ulceration of the descending aorta with intramural hematoma, and 4 patients had changes of the descending aortic dissection. All patients underwent endovascular stent repair, with 8 patients undergoing emergency surgery (≤14 days) and 2 patients undergoing subacute surgery (15 days to 3 months). Results There were no neurological complications, paraplegia, stent fracture or displacement, or limb or visceral ischemia during the perioperative period in all patients. One patient had continuous chest pain after surgery, and the stent had a new tear at the proximal end, requiring ascending aorta and partial arch replacement. As of the latest follow-up, all patients had obvious absorption or complete absorption of the intramural hematoma in the ascending aorta and aortic arch compared with before the operation. Conclusion Single branch stent-graft treatment of retrograde ascending aortic intramural hematoma is safe and effective, with good short-term results.

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the application experience and clinical effect of radial artery in total arterial coronary revascularization (TAR) in elderly patients. METHODS: Retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of patients who underwent TAR at the University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital from July 1, 2020 to May 30, 2022. Patients were divided into ≥ 65-year-old group and < 65-year-old group according to age. The radial artery blood flow, diameter, intimal integrity and Allen test were evaluated by ultrasound before operation. The distal ends of radial artery were collected for pathological examination during operation. Coronary artery CT angiography (CTA) was examined postoperatively and follow up. The safety and reliability of ultrasonic assessment of radial artery and application of radial artery in elderly patients with TAR were summarized and analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 101 patients received TAR, including 35 cases aged ≥ 65 years old, 66 cases aged < 65 years old; 78 cases used bilateral radial arteries, and 23 cases used unilateral radial arteries. 4 cases of bilateral internal mammary arteries. All the proximal ends of the radial artery were anastomosed to the proximal end of the ascending aorta, 34 cases were performed of "Y" grafts, and 4 cases were sequential anastomoses. There was no in-hospital death and perioperative cardiovascular events. Perioperative cerebral infarction occurred in 3 patients. 1 patients was reoperated for bleeding. Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) assistance was used in 21 patients. Poor wound healing occurred in 2 cases and healed well after debridement. Follow-up of 2 to 20 months after discharge showed no internal mammary artery occlusion and 4 radial artery occlusions; no major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular event (MACCE) occurred, and the survival rate was 100%. There was no significant difference in the above perioperative complications and follow-up endpoints between the two age groups. CONCLUSIONS By adjusting the order of bypass anastomosis and optimizing the preoperative evaluation method, radial artery combined with internal mammary artery can obtain better outcome early in TAR, and can be safely and reliably applied to elderly patients.
Aged ; Humans ; Radial Artery/transplantation* ; Coronary Vessels ; Coronary Artery Bypass/methods* ; Retrospective Studies ; Reproducibility of Results ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To study the changes of volatile oil of Atractylodis Rhizoma(AR)and Atractylodis macrocephalae Rhizoma(AMR)before and after co-decocting in different proportions(1∶3,1∶2,1∶1,2∶1,3∶1).Methods The volatile oil was extracted by steam distillation and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS).Results After co-decocting,the yield of volatile in each group was higher than in single decocting.The relative contents of most components in the mixed volatile oil after co-decocting were significantly different from the theoretical calculation.Co-decocting could promote the extraction of hinesol,which is the main component of the essential oil of AR,and the compatibility with large doses of AMR(1∶2 and 1∶3)could also promote the dissolution of β-eudesmol.At the same time,the extraction of atractylon,germacrene B and valencene was inhibited by co-decocting,which were the main constituents of the volatile oil of AMR.Conclusion Co-decocting of AR and AMR could improve the extraction rate and change the chemical composition of volatile oil.After co-decocting,the dissolution of active components of AR increased,while the dissolution of active components of AMR decreased.It may lead to the change of pharmacological activity.

Objective To investigate the anti-inflammatory effect and mechanism of wilforine. Methods Anti-inflammatory activity of wilforine was investigated in LPS-induced RAW264.7 cells. The cytokines production of RAW264.7 cells was analyzed by ELISA assay and the cell viability was assessed by CCK-8 method. The expression of TRAF6, the phosphorylation of IRAK, p38, ERK and JNK, the degradation of inhibitory κBα (IκBα) and the nuclear translocation of NF-κB p65 were further investigated by western blot. Results Triptolide had no significant toxicity to RAW264.7 cells at concentrations of 25, 50 and 100 μmol/L. and could significantly inhibit the contents of cytokines NO, IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-6. Wilforine significantly decreased the expression of TRAF6 and phosphorylation of IRAK, and inhibited the phosphorylation of ERK, p38, and JNK and degradation of IκBα, and reduced the level of nuclear translocation of NF-κB p65. Conclusion The anti-inflammatory activity of wilforine of LPS-induced RAW264.7 cells is probably via TLR4/MyD88/TRAF6 signaling pathway.

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC)is a major histological subtype of esopha-geal cancer with a poor prognosis.Although several serum metabolomic investigations have been reported,ESCC tumor-associated metabolic alterations and predictive biomarkers in sera have not been defined.Here,we enrolled 34 treatment-naive patients with ESCC and collected their pre-and post-esophagectomy sera together with the sera from 34 healthy volunteers for a metabo-lomic survey.Our comprehensive analysis identified ESCC tumor-associated metabolic alterations as represented by a panel of 12 serum metabolites.Notably,postoperative abrosia and parenteral nutrition substantially perturbed the serum metabolome.Furthermore,we performed an examina-tion using sera from carcinogen-induced mice at the dysplasia and ESCC stages and identified three ESCC tumor-associated metabolites conserved between mice and humans.Notably,among these metabolites,the level of pipecolic acid was observed to be progressively increased in mouse sera from dysplasia to cancerization,and it could be used to accurately discriminate between mice at the dysplasia stage and healthy control mice.Furthermore,this metabolite is essential for ESCC cells to restrain oxidative stress-induced DNA damage and cell proliferation arrest.Together,this study revealed a panel of 12 ESCC tumor-associated serum metabolites with potential for monitor-ing therapeutic efficacy and disease relapse,presented evidence for refining parenteral nutrition composition,and highlighted serum pipecolic acid as an attractive biomarker for predicting ESCC tumorigenesis.

Objective:To conduct data mining on hospital accreditation results for inspirations and clues in hospital management.Methods:The Apriori function contained in the arules package of R software was used to extract the association rules. This practice aimed to analyze association rules of the accreditation results of 56 tertiary hospitals which were made based on tertiary hospital accreditation standard(2011)and Detailed Rules from 2017 to 2019; to explore the correlation between the clauses, and analyze the inspirations for hospital management.Results:A total of 6 566 138 and 247 rules were generated for all clauses and core clauses, receptively. The top 10 rules sorted by lift were selected as strong association rules. Among them, the minimum lift of all clauses and core clauses was 1.41 and 1.53, respectively. There was a strong correlation between the establishment of a quality and safety management team in the hospital and the development & implementation of relevant regulations by the hospital. There were strong correlations among emergency service procedure and regulations, patient rights to know, responsibility system by the first one to receive a complaint, medical safety(adverse)event reporting, development & implementation of antimicrobial management system, as well as training for prevention of multi-drug resistance infection measures, and multi-drug resistance infection hospital infection control system.Conclusions:This study suggested that hospital management should highlight the correlation between regulations development and staffing, that between indicator systems and monitoring feedback systems, and that between indicators in different sectors in the medical process. These correlations can be used as management clues and inspirations for hospital management.

This paper introduced the training system in obstetrics and gynecology(O&G) in the UK and the MRCOG exam organized by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.Comparisons between the O&G specialists training systems of China and UK found that China should better link the resident training and specialists training for a better posteducational medical education system.China should also try to build a China-UK O&G specialist training program to keep pace with the time,for more O&G specialists of international perspectives in China.

Objective To retrospective study the morphological features of normal aortic arch in population of Tianjin area by computed tomography angiography (CTA). Methods From Jan 2016 to Dec 2016, 142 volunteers undergoing thoracic aorta CTA in our institution were retrospectively reviewed. In each patient, 10 measurements were made in GE AW4.6 workstation, including diameters, distances, and angles of branch vessels of aortic arch. SPSS statistical software was used to analyze data. Results The diameter of the origin of brachiocephalic trunk (BCT) D1 was (15.2 ± 3.0) mm, left common carotid artery (LCCA) D2 was (11.8±2.2) mm and left subclavian artery (LSA) D3 was (13.6±1.9) mm. The distance between the BCT and the LCCA (E1) was (4.0±2.5) mm, between the LCCA and the LSA (E2) was (8.2±3.7) mm. The angle between the BCT and arch (α) was 29.5°±14.4°, between the LCCA and arch (β) was 40.3°±17.5°, between the LSA and archγwas 57.9°±21.6°. The angle formed by BCT, LCCA, and LSA(Φ) was 144.1°±10.1°. The distance between center of LCCA ostia and line between center of ostia of BCT and LSA (L) was (4.5±1.2 )mm. Values of D2 and D3 were larger in male than that in female. In the three age groups of 19-40 y, 41-60 y and ≥61 y, values of D1 increased gradually, while α and γdecreased gradually. When in the two age groups of 41-60 y and≥61 y, values of D2, D3, E2 and L were significantly larger than those in the age group of 19-40 y, whileΦwas smaller (P<0.05). Conclusion The data obtained by this study on the diameter and angle of branching vessels arising from the normal aortic arch may provide support for various studies of endovascular repair of aortic arch.

Objective To investigate the effect of perioperative period D-dimer and tissue factor (TF)-1208 D/I gene polymorphism on the long-term prognosis of patients with off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG). Methods Retrospective analysis of the case data of the first OPCABG patients admitted to Tianjin Medical University General Hospital from May 2015 to May 2016 were enrolled. The general data, operation time, bypass number, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), flow rate of 24-hour pleural effusion, intraoperative heparin dosage, combined anticoagulant and antiplatelet time, and the time of postoperative ventilator were measured. The blood biochemical indexes of 1, 4, 7, 14 days and 1, 2, 3 months after operation, perioperative complications, the level of D-dimer in the patients with different TF-1208 D/I gene polymorphism, and prognosis of 1-year follow-up were recorded. The risk factors of recurrent angina 1 year after operation was analyzed by Logistic regression analysis. Results The level of plasma D-dimer was increased continuously after OPCABG, and reached a peak at 1 month after operation [1.94 (1.07, 2.70) mg/L], then decreased, and decreased to preoperative level 3 months after operation [0.20 (0.10, 0.45) mg/L]. The level of D-dimer in TF-1208 I I genotype was significantly higher than that in TF-1208 DD genotype and TF-1208 D/I genotype group at 14 days and 1 month after operation [mg/L: 4.17 (1.54, 5.09) vs. 1.91 (1.07, 2.26), 1.02 (0.91, 1.88) at 14 days; 5.12 (2.41, 6.32) vs. 1.94 (1.18, 2.70), 1.62 (0.22,1.88) at 1 month, all P < 0.05]. The results of 1-year follow-up showed that 25 patients with recurrent angina pectoris without the occurrence of myocardial infarction. The proportion of recurrent angina pectoris in TF-1208 I I genotype was significantly higher than that in TF-1208 DD genotype and TF-1208 D/I genotype group (χ2= 0.197, P = 0.004). Logistic regression analysis showed that LVEF< 0.50 [odds ratio (OR) = 6.482, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) = 1.365-18.763, P = 0.015] and TF-1208 I I genotype (OR = 8.864, 95%CI = 1.613-46.743, P = 0.012) were independent risk factors for recurrent angina pectoris at 1 year after OPCABG. Conclusions After OPCABG, the body was in a hypercoagulable state and lasted for a long time, and almost recovered 3 months after operation. LVEF < 0.50 and TF-1208 I I genotype were independent risk factors of angina pectoris at 1 year after surgery.

Objective To analyze the risk factors and prognosis of carotid artery stenosis (CAS) in patients who under?went off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB). Methods A total of 342 patients scheduled for OPCAB between June 2013 and June 2015 were included in this study. According to results of preoperative duplex ultrasound examination of carotid arteries, patients were divided into CAS group (≥50%stenosis) and control group (<50%stenosis or no stenosis). The risk factors of CAS, death rate and the postoperative complications were compared between two groups. Results There were significant differences in age, smoking history, hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) between two groups (P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that advanced age (OR=1.050, 95%CI:1.014-1.086, P<0.01), hypertension (OR=2.566, 95%CI:1.299-5.071, P < 0.01) and COPD (OR=7.573, 95%CI:1.106-51.834, P < 0.05) were independent risk factors for CAS in OPCAB surgery. CAS (OR=4.530, 95%CI:1.361-15.078, P<0.05) and the history of percutaneous coronary intervention (OR=7.685, 95%CI:2.289-25.800, P<0.01) were independent risk factors for postop?erative death. Conclusion Risk factors for CAS in patients undergoing OPCAB include advanced age, hypertension and COPD. There is higher risk of death in CAS patients with OPCAB.