OBJECTIVETo observe effect of acupuncture combined witb byperbaric oxygenation on balance function of cerebral infarction.

METHODSSeventy-two cases were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group, 36 cases in each group. The control group were treated with routine medicine and hyperbaric oxygenation, and the treatment group with acupuncture on the basis of treatment method of the control group. Berg balance scale (BBS) was used for investigating changes of balance function before and after treatment in the patient of cerebral infarction.

RESULTSAfter treatment, the balance function improved in the two groups, with more significant improvement in the treatment group. And increase of motor function in the treatment group was more rapid than that in the control group (P

CONCLUSIONAcupuncture combined with hyperbaric oxygenation can overall and synchronously rehabilitate sense and motor functions, significantly improve balance disturbance in the patient of cerebral infarction, with unique therapeutic effect on dysopia and dysacusis for the patient of cerebral infarction at the early stage.

Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Aged ; Cerebral Infarction ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Hyperbaric Oxygenation ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Postural Balance

Akebia trifoliate has been reported to have many pharmacological activities and the roots, petioles and seeds are used to different symptoms. However, the structure and anatomy of its seeds was almost not reported until now. In the present study, we investigated the morphological characters of the fruit and seed, and the anatomical characters of the testa, micropyle, embryo and endosperm, which could provide evidences for the study on classification, identification and application of A. trifoliate. Our results showed that the testa of A. trifoliate consisted of an epidermic cell layer, the sclerenchyma cells layer, the parenchyma cells layer and an innermost pigment layer. At the micropylar region, the outermost epidermal cells were specialized the white caruncle-like structure and the testa included a lot of lignified tissues. Endosperm comprises two layer cells. Outermost yellowish-brown layer cells contains lots of fat droplets, and innermost white layer cells contains lots of aleurone grains and crystalloids.
Germination ; Magnoliopsida ; anatomy & histology ; growth & development ; Seeds ; anatomy & histology ; growth & development

Objective Inflammation plays a critical role in the presence , development and maintenance of atrial fibrillation ( AF) , but it remains unclear what factors induce inflammation in AF patients , especially in those with valvular heart disease ( VHD) . The aim of this paper was to investigate the role of the shedding of Syndecan -4 in left atrial inflammation in patients with valvular atrial fibrillation. Methods Sixty VHD patients scheduled for valvuloplasty or valve replacement surgery were divided into three groups of equal number:sinus rhythm (SR), paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PaAF), and persistent atrial fibrillation (PeAF).Another 10 pa-tients with congenital heart disease but no valve damage and atrial fibrillation were included in a control group .Baseline clinical data were recorded and tissues were obtained from the left atrial appendage during operation .The expressions of iNOS , HMGB1, and Syn-decan-4 in the left atrium were detected by Western blot , and the pathological changes of the left atrial tissue observed by HE staining . Results Western blot analysis was performed to detect expression levels of proteins .The iNOS level was significantly higher in pa-tients from the paroxysmal AF group (1.61 ±0.10) and persistent AF group (1.67 ±0.08) than those from sinus group (1.06 ± 0.11) and control group (1.02 ±0.12), as was the protein level of HMGB1 (0.63 ±0.05, 0.95 ±0.10, 0.45 ±0.07 and 0.46 ± 0.06 in paroxysmal AF group, persistent AF group, sinus group and controlgroup respectively ).Inflammatory cell infiltration in-creased, while syndecan 4 was down-regulated in AF groups.All these comparisons were significant (P<0.05). Conclusion The decreased expression of Syndecan-4 and enhanced inflammatory response in the left atrial tissue indicate that the shedding of Synde-can-4 may play a role in the presence and development of inflamma-tion in the left atrium .

Objective To investigate the CT signs of small intracranial aneurysm and the application value of multi-slice spiral CT angiography (MSCTA) before and after clipping surgery and in follow-up.Methods MSCTA imaging data of 81 patients with highly suspected small intracranial aneurysms from March 2013 to March 2015 were analyzed retrospectively.The confirmed patients underwent clipping surgery of small intracranial aneurysms.The imaging findings before and after clipping surgery were analyzed and compared with those by DSA and what observed during surgery.Results The relative accuracy,sensitivity and specificity of MSCTA over DSA and surgical diagnosis were 93.83％,93.75％ and 94.12％respectively,and MSCTA gained high relative consistency over DSA and surgical diagnosis (Kappa=0.825).The accuracy of MSCTA for diagnosing small intracranial aneurysm was not significantly different from those by DSA and surgical diagnosis.MSCT plain scan mainly showed subarachnoid or intracranial hemorrhage,and found 71 rhomboic or saccular aneurysms in 60 patients before operation.Totally 64 patients went through clipping surgery,60 ones had satisfactory results in the reexamination by MSCTA 2 weeks after surgery,and there were no abnormality found in 36 patients in 6 to 12-month follow-up.Conclusion MSCTA can provide abundant information for clipping surgery of small intracranial aneurysms,and can be used as the preferred imaging method for postoperative evaluation and follow-up.

Sphingosine-1-phosphate(S1P) is an important bioactive lipid produced from cell membrane sphingomyelin metabolism process.S1P and cell membrane surface S1P receptors(S1PR1-5) are G protein coupled receptors(GPCRs), which influence the formation of new blood vessels in the immune system via combining the related inflammatory signaling pathway.This review describes briefly the effects of S1P and S1PRs on autoimmune disease angiogenesis through intracellular signal transduction, such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, colitis, systemic lupus erythematosus.Further research will be a new therapeutic target on vascular inflammation of autoimmune diseases.

Objective To evaluate the effect of TEG ( thromboelastography ) in the timing choose of CABG( coronary artery bypass grafting ) surgery for patients that receiving DAPT treatment .Methods This study is prospective analysis from November 2013 to May 2014 in Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital.The study cohort consisted of 1 201 patientswith acute coronary syndrome , theage range from 43 to 79 years (61.1 ±10 years) with 134 males and 79 females.and the patients undergo DAPT ( aspirin 100 mg/d, clopidogrel 75 mg/d) which were prepare to the coronary artery bypass grafting and then randomly divided into two groups according to the ratio of 1∶1.There were 101 patients, using perioperative TEG inspection , which conduct the choose of surgery timing according to the ADP-induced platelet-fibrin clot strength ( MAADP) after 24 h of the withdraw of DAPT.Distribute the patients into≥50 mm, 35-50 mm and <35 mm groups according to the MAADPresults, and theirCABG was complete within 1 day, 3-5 days and after 5 days respectively. The other 100 patientsacceptancoronary artery bypass grafting surgery and DAPT patients but without TEG examination as the control group , which were withdrawal the DAPT for 5 -7 days by routine before operation.The primary endpoint is 24 h chest tube drainage andkey secondary endpoint is the total number of transfused red blood cells .Recorded the mean intubation time , ICU stay times , Median length of hospital stayandrethoracotomyrates, 30-day mortality, and 30-day readmission rate at the same time.Using Fisher in the variables , t-test when two groups were compared , use ANCOVA for variable factor correction and Statistical analysis was performed using chi-square test in the calculate of results .Results The average chest drainage in TEG group and the control was 438.8 ml vs 487.8 ml(t=1.063,P=0.289),and the total amount of transfused red blood cell in both groups were 493.8 ml vs 551.6 ml(t=1.228,P=0.2227), there were no significant difference between the two groups .The total waiting time in the three categories of patients in TEG group is 294 days ( an average waiting time of 3.11 days per patient ) and was reduced 38%(3.1 days to 5 days)than the guidelines recommend.Conclusions Although the perioperative bleeding and red blood cell transfusion , the occurrence and postoperative adverse events were similar in two groups , but using thrombelastographto measure platelet function before CABG surgery can help to choose the timing of surgery and reduce the waiting time before surgery .

OBJECTIVETo study the effect of Shenqi Fuzheng Injection (SQFZI) on erythrocyte immune function in patients after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).

METHODSTwenty patients ready for receiving CPB were randomly assigned to two groups, 10 in each group. Patients in the SQFZI group were treated with 250 mL SQFZI via intravenous dripping starting from 5 days before operation and after ending CPB once a day. Peripheral venous blood samples of all patients were collected at the time points of before anesthesia, and 6 h, 24 h, 72 h and 7 days after CPB, which were anticoagulated with heparin for dynamically detecting the changes of RBC-C3bRR and RBC-ICR.

RESULTSRBC-C3bRR and RBC-ICR in the SQFZI group were significantly higher at 6 h, 24 h, 72 h, and day 7 after operation than those in the control group respectively at the corresponding time points, and they restored to the normal levels at day 7, suggesting the erythrocyte immune function after CPB in the SQFZI group was superior to that in the control group (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONApplication of SQFZI in the peri-operative period can significantly improve the hypo-immunological function of erythrocyte caused by CPB, and promote the recovery of erythrocyte immunity.

Adult ; Aged ; Cardiopulmonary Bypass ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Erythrocytes ; drug effects ; immunology ; Female ; Heart Valve Diseases ; blood ; drug therapy ; surgery ; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation ; Humans ; Infusions, Intravenous ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Phytotherapy ; Treatment Outcome

To establish a multi-pretreatment method for the determination of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1, G2 in Chinese patent medicines, aflatoxins were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detector with post-column derivatization, after the multi-pretreatment of samples. The results showed that after the samples extracted with MeOH-H2O, dehydrated by anhydrous magnesium sulphate and sodium chloride, and finally purified by neutral alumina, the impurity interference of different sources in Chinese patent medicines matrix can be effectively removed, and the main peak can be nicely separated from the impurity peak. The detection limits were 0.25, 0.25, 0.50, 0.25 μg x L(-1) for AFB1, AFB2, AFG1, AFG2, respectively. The quantification limits were 1.00, 0.50, 1.00, 0.50 μg x L(-1), respectively. Aflatoxin B1, G1 showed a good linear relationship at a range of 1.0-50 μg x L(-1), aflatoxin B2, G2 at a range of 0.5-12.5 μg x L(-1) (R2 > 0.99). The average recovery was 80.40% - 108.6%. The present method is simple, reproducible with the reasonable recoveries and can be applied for the determination of aflatoxins in Chinese patent medicines.
Aflatoxins ; analysis ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; methods ; Dosage Forms ; Drug Contamination ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; analysis

To investigate the protective effect of preconditioning with hyperoside ( Hyp) against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (MIRI) in rats and the role of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. MIRI was established by ligation of left anterior descending coronary artery for 30 min followed by reperfusion for 120 min in rats. Male SD rats were randomly divided into five groups: sham group,model group (MIRI),Hyp preconditioning group(Hyp), Hyp preconditioning + LY294002 (a PI3K/Akt signaling pathway inhibitor) group (Hyp + LY), and LY294002 group (LY). At the end of reperfusion, hemodynamic parameters were recorded as left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP) , left ventricular end-diastolic pressure ( LVEDP) and maximal rate of increase and decrease of left ventricular pressure (± dP/dt(max)). Myocardial infaret size, the oxidative stress markers, myocardial enzymes indicators and inflammatory factors were also analyzed. The expressions of Akt, p-Akt, Bax and Bcl-2 proteins was detected by using Western blot method. The results showed that Hyp preconditioning remarkably improved cardiac constriction and relaxation function, reduced myocardial infarct size and enhanced the activities of oxidative stress markers about correlated to MIRI, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione-peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the contents of malondialdehyde (MDA) as compared with MIRI group. Simultaneouly, the levels of myocardial enzymes, i. e. creatine kinase ( CK) and creatine kinase MB isoenzyme (CK-MB), and inflammatory factors, for instance tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were decreased. Hyp pretreatment apparently restrained myocardial apoptosis as evidenced by decreasing the level of Bax expression, increasing the levels of phosphorylation of Akt and Bcl-2 expression. These effects were inhibited by LY294002, a blocker of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. These findings indicated that the cardioprotection of Hyp preconditioning against MIRI may be related to activating PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, upregulating the expression of BCL-2 protein and down-regulating the expression of Bax protein.
Animals ; Creatine Kinase ; genetics ; metabolism ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; Heart ; drug effects ; Humans ; Interleukin-6 ; genetics ; metabolism ; Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial ; Male ; Malondialdehyde ; metabolism ; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury ; drug therapy ; enzymology ; genetics ; prevention & control ; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases ; genetics ; metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt ; genetics ; metabolism ; Quercetin ; administration & dosage ; analogs & derivatives ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; bcl-2-Associated X Protein ; genetics ; metabolism

Objective To investigate diagnostic value of colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) for mucosal lesions of patients with active ulcerative colitis. Methods A total of 19 consecutive patients, including 12 males and 7 females, were enrolled from July 2009 to June 2010, with a mean age at 44. 16 + 14.64.Dominant symptoms were hematochezia, diarrhea and abdominal pain, consistent with the criteria of ulcerative colitis. All cases were scored into 3 grades according to severity of mucosal lesions. Using conventionalcolonoscopic findings as golden standard, the consistence of mucosal classification of CCE was calculated with kappa- and P-value. Meanwhile, related data such as the rate of completion, colonic cleanliness and adverse reactions were also collected and analyzed. Results CCE revealed that mild, moderate and severe cases were 2, 8 and 9, respectively, while the 3 types shown by conventional colonoscopy were 3, 8 and 8,respectively. Kappa-value was 0. 826 and P-value was less than 0. 001, which indicated good consistence. In addition, the completion rate of CCE and excellent/fine rate of the colonic cleanliness were 100% (19/19)and 79% ( 15/19), respectively. There were no adverse reactions recorded. Conclusion With high diag-nostic consistency to conventional colonoscopy in classification of mucosa severity, CCE precisely reveals the mucosal lesions of ulcerative colitis and becomes a potential alternative to partially replace conventional colonoscopy, especially in surveillance.