Objective To compare the mortality,valve-related morbidity and reoperation rate between mechanical prostheses and bioprostheses in patients aged 60 to 70 years.Methods The pre-operative characteristics of 119 patients who received mechanical prostheses and 181 those with bioprosthesis implantation in our department between January 2006 and December 2014 were analyzed,and their mortality,valve-related morbidity and reoperation rate were compared.Results Followup revealed mechanical prostheses had a lower all-cause mortality after mitral valve replacement than bioprostheses at 6 years after the operation (P=0.033),but there was no statistical difference in valve-related mortality (P=0.277).The complications after mechanical prosthesis replacement had embolism (8.4％) and bleeding (5.0％),bioprosthesis' those consisted of structural valvular deterioration (2.2％),nonstructural dysfunction (1.1％),thrombosis (2.8％),embolism (5.0％),bleeding (0.6％) and operated valvular endocarditis (1.1％).There was no statistically significant difference in total complication rate between the two groups (P=0.318).Biological group had 3 patients receiving reoperation in 8 years,while there was no reoperation in the mechanical group,but without statistical group difference.Conclusion Patients aged 60-70 years old could have a similar valve-related mortality,morbidity and reoperation rate after mitral valve replacement between mechanical and biological valves.

Calcific aortic valve disease(CAVD) is the most common valvular disorder.There is no medical treatment to prevent and/or reverse the progression of CAVD and the etiology still requires further study.CAVD has long been described as a degenerative disease related to aging.In the past few years,our comprehension of the etiology and mechanisms leading to CAVD has progressed at a fast pace.In this article,we review the latest discoveries of CAVD,from aspects of lipid retention,inflammation,calcification,osteogenic transition and their basic molecular processes.

In this experiment, Animal model of guinea pig's experimental Autoimmune sensorineural hearing Loss was established by injecting crud inner ear antigen (CIEAg), Dexamethason was used to tret the deaf guinea pigs for one week, the ABRT(Acoustic Brain—stem Reaction Threshold) of guinea pigs was measured and the morphological change of the guinea pigs inner ear, tissue was observd. We found that the deaf guinea pig's ABRT rose distinctly to 60. 8?5.31 dBspl and inner ear hair cell showed severe damage. The number of the hair cell of the third cochlear turn lost 111?55.8. After one week treatment with Dexamethason,the treated group's ABRT reduced to 48. 8?6. 69dBspl, the number of the outer—hair—cell of the third cochlear turn is only 57. 254?18. The results indicate that Dexamethon has effect on the AISNHL,it can clearly lighten the damage of inner ear tissue and significantly improve the ABRT. The mechanism still remains unknown.

Objective:To explore the diagnostic value of treadmill exercise test (TET)and its Duke score in menopa-usal female patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).Methods:A total of 102 menopausal female patients re-ceived TET and coronary angiography (CAG)examination.With CAG as control,accuracy indexes etc.of TET combined Duke score diagnosing coronary artery disease in these patients were compared and analyzed.Results:Compared with single application of TET or Duke score,there were significant rise in specificity (27.12% vs. 30.50% vs.44.44%),positive predictive value (47.56% vs.46.75% vs.54.55%),negative predictive value (80%vs.72% vs.90.91%)and accuracy (53.92% vs.52.94% vs.64.94%)diagnosing CHD by TET combined Duke score both positive and negative,P <0.05 all;but there was no significant difference in sensitivity,P >0.05 both. There was no significant difference in CHD diagnosis between single use of TET and Duke score,P >0.05 all.Con-clusion:False positive rate of treadmill exercise test is higher in menopausal women.Treadmill exercise test com-bined Duke score is helpful to improve specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value and accuracy of the test.

Objective To investigate clinical efficacy of different ventilator parameters on acute left heart failure.Methods One hundred and nineteen patients with acute left heart failure were randomly divided into A,B,C,D group.Patients in A,B,C,D groups were treated separately with higher air pressure,high pressure,medium pressure or low pressure respectively.In each group,clinical efficacy,heart rate (HR),arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2),pulse oxygen saturation (SpO2),partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) and pH were measured.Results There were significant differences among the four groups in terms of HR,PaO2,SpO2,PaCO2 and pH (F =32.21,29.46,12.34,36.47,18.38 ; P ＜ 0.05).Compared with that in A,C and D group,the levels of HR,PaO2,SpO2,PaCO2 and pH in B group were significant difference (P ＜ 0.05).Meanwhile those indices in B group were difference among before and after treatment (t =12.25,13.46,8.75,9.83,2.58 ;P ＜ 0.05).The efficacy rates of four groups were significant different (x2 =0.97,P =0.012),and in B group was 93.1％,higher than that of other 3 groups(71.0％,65.6％,51.8％ ;P ＜0.05).Condusion The ventilator parameters(10-15 cmH2O,55％-75％ FiO2 at beginning and later revised the FiO2 to 30％-40％) was proved to be worthy in treating acute left heart failure.

Objective To investigate the value of ankylosing spondylitis(AS)disease activity score (ASDAS)and the Bath AS disease activity index(BASDAI)in evaluating disease activity in AS.Methods ASDAS and BASDAI were used to evaluate disease activity in patients with AS,taking the patients' global scores,physician global scores and treatment decision as the “gold standard” for disease activity.According to the “gold standard”,the patients were divided into low and high disease activity groups.Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics,linear correlation and regression and ROC curve.Results A total of 227 patients with AS were included.ASDAS and BASDAI showed good correlation with disease activity as reflected by the patients' global score[r for BASDAI,ASDAS based on ESR(ASDAS-ESR)and ASDAS based on C-reactive protein(ASDAS-CRP)were 0.713,0.698 and 0.725,respectively,P =0.000]and the physician global score(r for BASDAI,ASDAS-ESR and ASDAS-CRP were 0.771,0.782,0.847,respectively,P =0.000).Both scores showed good discriminative ability for high and low disease activity states.ASDAS-CRP had the highest sensitivity.Conclusion ASDAS is a promising tool for evaluating disease activity in AS patients.

Objective To establish adult rat auditory epithelial cell culture and try to find precursor cells of auditory hair cells in vitro. Methods With refinement of culture media and techniques, cochlear sensory epithelial cells of adult rat were cultured. Immunocytochemistry and Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)labeling were used to detect properties and mitotic status of cultured cells. Results The cultured auditory epithelial cells showed a large, flat epithelial morphotype and expressed F-actin and cytokeratin, a subset of cells generated from auditory epithelium were labeled by calretinin, a specific marker of early hair cell. Conclusion Adult rat auditory epithelium can be induced to generate hair cell-like cells by nature culture, this phenomenon suggests that progenitor cells may exist in rat cochlea and they may give birth to new hair cells. Whether these progenitor cells are tissue specific stem cells is still need more study.

Objective To research the angiographic manifestations of rabbit implanted VX_2 liver carcinoma.Methods 34 New Zealand big white rabbit were implanted VX_2 tumor pieces under orthophoria into liver left middle segment.Angiography of coeliac artery-hepatic artery catheterization via right femoral artery was performed at the third week after inoculation.Results The tumor blood vessel and tumor stain in 6 rabbit could be not showed clearly by digital cinematography mode but which could be showed in 28 rabbit by digital subtraction mode.The tumor angiographic signs included:dilating growth of tumor,the feeding arteria surrounding the tumor surface were resemblance to the clenched fist,embraced globosity and wreath in form;many slender vessels from feeding arteria appeared as small bud form,root form and filose form pushed forward to the center from the surface of tumor.The tumor vascular density in periphery was higher than that in center and formed circular or oval tumor stain which more denser at periphery than center.The tumor node stain was complete with definite margin when tumor size was large or equal to 1 cm in diameter,and the tumor stain appeared as clump with indefinit margin.Conclusion There are abundant vascularity for rabbit implanted liver VX_2 tumor,and more abundant at periphery part than center part, coeliac artery catheterization angiography can show the typical manifestations of tumor clearly.

Objective To research the angiographic anatomy of celiac artery in rabbit.Methods 36 New Zealand big white rabbitswere included in this study,the angiography of celiac artery and hepatic artery via right femoral artery was performed,and the branchand diameter of celiac artery system were analysed.Results 66.7% of the celiac arterial opening localized at the level of T_(12) vertebral body low edge,gastrohepatic arterial truncus could been divided into three types : type Ⅰ(47.22%),tree-like branch;type Ⅱ(38.88%),trifurcate branch and type Ⅲ(13.90%),dichotomy branch.The length of proper hepatic artery was from 22.70 to 33.00 mm(26.64 mm?2.28 mm),the inner diameter of proper hepatic artery,left hepatic artery and right hepatic arteria was 0.60~1.20 mm(0.90 mm?0.16 mm),0.60~1.10 mm(0.72 mm?0.09 mm) and 0.50~1.00 mm(0.67 mm?0.09 mm) respectively.The segmental artery of liver could be displaied clearly by proper hepatic artery angiography.Conclusion To realize the angiographic anatomy of rabbit celiac artery would provide a useful help for transhepatic arterial interventional treatment of the liver VX_2 tumor model of rabbit.

The spices, with a wide range of remarkable pharmacological effects, were limited in developing clinical drugs because of their poor solubility, high irritation and low bioavailability. Controlled release preparations can delay the release of drugs on the basis of solubility enhancement to improve bioavailability. The research on spice ingredient-loaded controlled release preparations was sum-marized in the paper for the further development of spice active ingredients.