Objective　To study the relation between myocardia l changes and left ventricular function in preoperative patients with combined m itral diseases provide theoretical basis for clinical therapy and evaluate the effects of treatment. Methods　A total of patients with combined mitral lesions were selected randomly for study. The cases were divided into tw o groups according to the degree of ultrastructural damage of the myocardium bef ore aortic occlusion in mitral valve replacement (Flameny cla ssification). The preoperative pulmonary artery catheterization(Swan-Ganz cathe ter), color Doppler echocardiography, roentgenologic measurement of heart size, preoperative clinical data and postoperative follow-up data were collected for analysis. Results　The results showed that myocardial lesion in mitral disease had intimate correlation with the cardiac enlargement, especial c orrelated with left ventricular enlargement and cardiac pumping. Conclus ion　Results suggest that the myocardial lesions in mitral valvular dise ases mainly involved the process of rheumatism and reflected in the disturbance of left ventricular function. Operation should be performed before the appeare nce of non-reversible myocardium injury in patients with rheumatic mitral va lvul ar diseases.

Objective To explore the effect of STI571 on the CD_~117 expression and differentiation of bone marrow mononuclear cells in patients with acute non-lymphocytic leukemia(ANLL). Methods CD_~117 expression before and after STI571 treatment in vitro was assayed by FACS, and the cell differentiation was observed by Giemsa and peroxidase staining. Results After different concentrations of STI571 treatment in vitro, there was different degrees of differentiation in granulocytes and monocytes from patients with ANLL. With the increase of STI571 concentration, the number of progranulocyte and promyelocyte gradually decreased, the number of myelocyte, metamyelocyte and monocyte increased, and the positive degree of peroxidase staining increased. CD_~117 expression significantly decreased after STI571 treatment compared with before it. Conclusion STI571 could induce leukemia cells of ANLL into terminal differentiation by inhibiting c-kit tyrosine kinase.

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; surgery ; Hepatectomy ; methods ; Humans ; Liver Failure ; diagnosis ; prevention & control ; therapy ; Liver Neoplasms ; surgery ; Postoperative Complications ; diagnosis ; prevention & control ; therapy

Objective To investigate the etiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of regional portal hypertension (RPH).Methods The clinical data of 26 patients with RPH treated in Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University between January 2005 and June 2010 were analyzed with retrospective analysis.The first symptom, routine analysis of blood, liver function test, hepatitis B and C markers, tumor markers, abdominal ultrasound, abdominal enhanced CT, endoscopy findings of 26 patients and the results of abdominal CT angiography (CTA) of 16cases were analyzed.Results Pancreatic disease (18 cases) was the leading cause of RPH.The main clinical manifestations of splenomegaly in 26 cases, irregularly abdominal pain in 14 cases, and upper gastrointestinal bleeding in 10 cases.Isolated gastric varices were revealed by endoscopy in 25 cases,complicated with lower esophageal varices in 1 case.4 cases with endoscopic tissue glue injection in gastric variceal bleeding, splenectomy in 4 cases, 2 cases with splenectomy and pericardialdevascularization, 2 cases with splenectomy, pancreatic tail resection and spleno-renal shunt, 3 cases with splenic embolization treatment.Conclusions RPH often accompanied by pancreatic disease,manifested as splenomegaly, hypersplenism, but normal liver function, absence of liver cirrhosis.Isolated gastric varices is the characteristic features of RPH.RPH caused by benign diseases is curable.Splenectomy is more effective than simple endoscopic hemostasis in RPH associated with gastrointestinal bleeding.

Objective To study the relation between chronic stressful, the neural changes in prefrontal cortex and depression. Methods Adapt chronic unpredictable stress with separate model to make depression model rats. After 22 days all the rats were killed and use immunohistochemistry method and computer image analysis to detect BDNF. To analysis the date with SPSS11.5 software. Results After 21 days stress, body weight ( t =2.915, P < 0.05), ambulation ( t = 6. 245, P < 0. 01 ), rearing( t = 2.693, P < 0. 05 ) and grooming ( t = 2. 685, P<0.05) decreased and stopping time in center( t=2. 388, P<0. 05) ,defecation( t =3. 846, P<0. 01 ) increased in experimental group. BDNF expressed obviously in control group and the prefrontal cortex expressed highly than that of the experimental group. BDNF expressions of experimental group were lower than that in control group ( P< 0.01 ) especially in right prefrontal cortex. Conclusion There was no difference of BDNF distribution in prefrontal cortex between both groups ,but after 21 days stress ,the BDNF levels of experimental rats obviously descent,especially in right prefrontal cortex.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy combined with percutaneous nephrolithotomy treating for partial staghorn calculi.Methods 84 patients diagnosed as partial staghorn calculi in our hospital were randomly divided into group A and B with each group 42 patients.Patients in group A received the conventional minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy in the prone position,and patients in group B received the percutaneous nephrolithotomy combined with flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy in the modified Valdivia position.The post-operative stone free rate and complications were recorded.Results The surgery time in group B was longer than that in group A [(106.44±18.46)min vs(83.69±10.29)min],with statistically significant difference(P<0.05).However,the first stone free rate in group B was higher than that in group A(85.71% vs 59.52%,P<0.05),and the blood loss in group B was lower than that in group A [(70.02±9.15)ml vs(87.41±9.89)ml,P<0.05].The common complication of patients in two groups was fever(temperature >38.5℃),but there was no notably difference between the two group(P>0.05).Conclusion Compared with the regular percutaneous nephrolithotomy,flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy combined with percutaneous nephrolithotomy treating partial staghorn calculi has the shorter operation time,the less blood volume and the higher first stone free rate.Furthermore,the combination method did not significantly increasing the incidence of patient's complication.

Objective To compare the diagnostic accuracy of conventional urodynamic (CUD) and ambulatory urodynamic monitoring (AUM) in diagnosis of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI).Methods Forty women with SUI were prospectively enrolled and performed urodynamic studies after the ICI-Q-SF questionnaire.According to clinical symptoms,patients were divided into three groups:mild,moderate and severe group.Half patients in each groups performed CUD exam,and the other half of patients performed AUM exam.And two micturition cycles were recorded during AUM.Results There were no significant differrences in age,pregnant production times and ICI-Q-SF score between two groups.Three patients with SUI symptoms had negative findings in AUM group and 15 patients in CUD group (P＜0.05).Among women with SUI,1 1 patients had positive findings in AUM group and 2 patients in CUD group (P＜ 0.05).Conclusion AUM can provide objective evidence for the majority of patients with SUI than CUD.

BACKGROUND: Repeated blood transfusion and recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEpo) have been previously used to improve anemia following chronic renal failure; however, their clinical applications are extremely limited by various side effects. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the therapeutic effect of allograft renal transplantation with rhEpo on anemia following chronic renal failure via verieying quality and quantity of some examines. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: A randomized grouping animal study was performed in Laboratory of Physiology. Shanxi Medical University from June 2004 to March 2005.MATERIALS: Eighty healthy adult male Wistar rats collected as receptors were injected with doxorubicin hydrochloride (6.5 mg/kg)into caudal vein three times per week for six weeks in total. Right kidney was then exsected to establish model of chronic renal failure. Another 20 newborn Wistar rats (3-4 days old, of both Sexes) were selected as donor. RhEpo (2000 U/mL) was provided by Shangdong Ahua Pharmaceutical Company (batch number-99435). METHODS: 20 adult rats in the control group did not undergo any treatments, and then other 60 adult rats were randomly divided into three groups of 20 rats per group after chronic renal failure modeling. Adult rats in the transplantation group underwent multidrop wansplantation of renal tissue into renal envelop; adult rats in the rhEpo group were intraperitoneally injected with rhEpo (30U/kg) three times Der week for six successive weeks in total; adult rats in the model group did not undergo any treatrnents. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: SABC assay was used to detect expression and distribution of rhEpo in reDal tissue and graft. ELISA was used to directly measure level of serum rhEpo in angular vein, routine assay was used to measure level of hemoglobin, and the corresponding kits were used to measure content of Na+-K+ATPaSe. activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD).and level of malondialdehyde (MDA)in erythrocyte membrane. RESULTS: rhEpo-antigen positive reaction showed a strongly positive expression in the control group. a weakly positive or an absent expression in the model group, and a strongly positive expression in the transplantation group. There were significant differences in the model group as compared to other two groups(P＜0.01).After 30,45,and 60 days, rhEpo level and numbers of hemoglobin and erythrocytes were higher in the rhEpo group and transplantation group than those in the model group(P＜0.05-0.01).After 60 days,rhEpo level in the rhEpo group was higher than that in the transplantation group (P＜0.05).On the other hand,after 30,45,and 60 days,MDA content in the rhEpo group and transplantation group was lower than that in the model group(P＜0.05).but there were no significant difeerences between rhEpo group and transplantation group(P＞0.05).Changes of SOD and Na+-K+ATPase were opposite to MDA among these groups.CONCLUSION:Renal transplantation can increase quality and quantity of erythrocytes of rats with anemia caused by chronic renal failure.The eflfect is equivalent to rhEpo.

Our aim in this study was to determine differentially expressed genes of CD34 + cell from bone marrow and G CSF mobilized peripheral blood. CD34 + cells isolated from bone marrow and G CSF mobilized peripheral blood of the same donor were identified for differentially expressed genes in CD34 + cells using the technique of suppression subtractive hybridization. Eleven genes were expressed with higher levels in CD34 + cells from mobilized peripheral blood, as compared with data of GenBank. These genes included nuclear proteins, transcriptional regulatory molecules, zinc finger proteins and interferon induced molecules. These results demonstrate that there are some differences between the two groups of CD34 + cells. Further study would give us more extensive understanding about mobilization and homing of hematopoietic stem cells.

Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Sanqi), the underground part of Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen (Araliaceae) is commonly used in Chinese medicine for treatment of haemorrhage, haemostasis, swelling, etc. The aerial part including leaves, flowers and fruits are also applied for similar functions. Triterpenoid saponins are considered to be responsible for the biological activities of Sanqi. Up to date, more than 100 saponins have been isolated from theroots, rhizomes, leaves, flowers and fruits of P. notoginseng. The reported saponins can be classified into protopanaxadiol (PPD), protopanaxatriol (PPT), C17 side-chain varied and other types, according to the skeletons of the aglycons. The present review summarizes the saponins isolated from P. notoginseng and their distribution in different medicinal organs, as well as the pharmacological actions on cardiovascular system.
Animals ; Cardiovascular System ; drug effects ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Molecular Structure ; Panax notoginseng ; chemistry ; Plant Roots ; chemistry ; Saponins ; chemistry ; pharmacology