ObjectiveTo explore the effect of system reading therapy on alexia after stroke.Methods104 stroke patients with alexia were divided into two groups: observation group(51) and control group(53). General speech training were used for the two groups, while the observation group received system reading training at the same time, all for 30 minutes, once a day for 1 month. Chineses Standard Aphasic Examination was applied to assess the reading ability before and 1 month after treatment.ResultsThere are three kinds of alexia in the patients: frontal alexia, alexia with agaphia, and subcortical aphasic alexia. Reading ability improved in the two groups (P<0-01), but the observation group was better than the control group(P<0-05).ConclusionSystem reading therapy is very helpful to improve reading ability of stroke patients with alexia.

Objective To study the relationship between helicobacter pylori (HP)infection and hemicrania.Methods The serum HP IgG level and ~ 14 C expiration test were detected in patients with HP infected. The patients with hemicrania, health and at attack stage or interval stage or any degree attack stage of hemicrania were observed the condition of HP infection. The curative effect of HP patients treated with traditional method and plus with three combined anti-HP infection treatment was observed.Results The positive rate of HP infected in patients with hemicrania was higher than that of control(81.0% vs 30.96%, P

Objective To observe the changes of nitric oxide(NO), nitric oxide synthase(NOS),and endothelin(ET) contents in plasma after acute cerebral infarction(ACI), And to evaluate the therapeutic effect of nimodipine on their changes.Methods 110 cases with ACI were randomly divided into Nimodipine therapeutic group(Nimodipine is used with general therapy,Nimodipine group) and general therapeutic group(general group). NO, NOS and ET contents in plasma at different time after ACI were observed, while control group was set up.Results ET content in plasma after ACI increased significantly until recovery. NO and NOS contents in plasma rise at the beginning, then they declined. ET contents had significant difference between Nimodipine group and general group( P 0.05).Conclusion NO, NOS and ET interfered with the complex process of pathologic after acute cerebral infarction. Nimodipine had therapeutic action on ACI partly depended on affecting content of ET in plasma.

Objective To investigate the changes of vertebral-basal artery and regional cerebral blood flow(rCBF) in patients with olivopontocerebellar atrophy(OPCA).Methods 10 patients with OPCA were examined by digital subtraction angiography(DSA) and single-photon-emission-computed tomography(SPECT),and compared with the control group(patients with vertigo or transient ischemic attack).Results In OPCA group,there were 5 cases with small vertebral artery(50%),4 cases with single vertebral artery(40%),9 cases with small and little vessels(90%),10 cases with poor stain in later arterial phase(100%) could be seen by DSA.The lower rCBF in cerebellum and brain stem were seen in 8 cases(80%)by SPECT.In control group,there were 3 cases(15%),4 cases(20%),4 cases(20%),3 cases(15%) and 7 cases(35%) respectively.There were significant differences between the two groups(all P

Objective To evaluate the influence of antiplatelet therapy prior to intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) on acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients receiving IVT with recombinant tissue type plasminogen activator (rt-PA).Methods Researches about the safety of pre-existing antiplatelet treatment on AIS patients undergoing rt-PA IVT published before 31st December 2013 were retrieved based on internet databases.A meta-analysis of included clinical trials was performed by RevMan 5.2 and Stata 12.0 software.Simultaneously,funnel plot and Egger's test were used to evaluate the publication bias.Results A total of 10 papers were included.Eight researches based meta-analysis showed that pre-existing antiplatelet therapy increased the risk of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (SICH ; OR =1.67,95％ CI 1.44-1.93,P ＜ 0.01),6 researches based analysis suggested pre-existing antiplatelet therapy increased the risk of any intracranial hemorrhage (ICH ; OR =1.23,95％ CI 1.04-1.47,P ＜ 0.05) and 3 trials based analysis indicated the functional independence of patients receiving antiplatelet treatment was a bit worse than control group (OR =0.86,95％ CI0.80-0.93,P ＜0.01).Funnel plots and Egger' s test showed that there was no significant publication bias (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Antiplatelet therapy might increase the risk of post thrombolysis SICH and ICH,and their 3-month function independence is not so satisfied as those who had no antiplatelet agents before IVT.However,this review has limitations and the above results should be validated in future large prospective clinical studies.

Objective To investigate the distribution and severity of cerebral artery stenosis and the prognosis in elderly patients with acute cerebral infarction using digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Methods The 432 elderly patients with acute cerebral ischemia infarction underwent DSA,and they were divided into two groups: elderly group (n= 320) and non-elderly group (n= 112). The characteristics of distribution and severity of cerebral artery stenosis, the relationship between artery stenosis and relative risk factors, and the prognosis of acute cerebral infarction were analyzed.Results In elderly group, 270 cases (84.3%) had intra- and extra- cranial artery stenosis, of which 98 patients (30.6%) with pure extracranial arterial stenosis, 132 patients (41.3%) with combined extra- and intra-cranial artery stenosis. They were both significantly higher than the corresponding data in non-elderly group [23 cases (20.5%) and 28 cases (25%), P＜0.05 and 0.01]. The prevalences of moderate and severe cerebral artery stenosises were higher in elderly group than in nonelderly group [224 locations (52.1%) vs. 51 locations (40.8%), P＜0. 05]. The number of patients with previous history of cerebrovascular disease was much more and the prognosis was much worse in elderly group than in non-elderly group (both P＜0.05), Conclusions The elderly patients with cerebral infarction have severer cerebral artery stenosis, increased proportion of multivessel disease and poor prognosis. So it is very important to take aggressive treatment as soon as possible, and to make secondary prevention and effective rehabilitation so as to improve their prognosis.

With the aging of population, cerebral small vessel disease has attracted more and more attention. A growing body of literature has confirmed that retinal vascular changes can be used as a potential marker for the prediction of cerebral small vessel disease. The retina is recognized as a window into cerebrovascular and systemic vascular conditions. Combining traditional fundus photograph and fundus fluorescein angiography with optical coherence tomography angiography, the retinal vascular system of patients with cerebral small vessel disease can be comprehensively analyzed. This paper summarizes and analyzes the application of retinal angiography technology in different image types of cerebral small vessel disease and makes a review, in order to provide reference for the early diagnosis and prevention of cerebral small vessel disease.

Objective To investigate the effects of the low-osmolar nonionic contrast media on renal function in elderly patients suffering from ischemic cerebral vascular disease and undergoing angiography.To study the incidence and risk factors for contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN).Methods 276 elderly patients who were going to receive selective cranial angiography and bilateral renal angiography were included.The 0.9 ％ sodium chloride (1 ml · kg-1 · h-1) was administered in all patients 6 hours before and 12 hours after contrast media administration.No patients suffered from obviously congestive heart failure.The levels of serum creatinine (Scr) and serum urea nitrogen (SUN) were measured 3 days before and at day 1,2,6 after the administration of contrast media respectively.Then creatinine clearance rate (Ccr) was calculated.Multivariate predictors of contrastinduced nephropathy were determined by logistic regression.Results Among the 276 patients,CIN occurred in 19 patients (6.9％),among whom 4 patients suffered from severe renal artery stenosis and received percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA) at 1 week after undergoing angiography.The renal function in the other 15 cases with CIN were recovered to baseline 1evel 3 months after the use of contrast media.No patients underwent a maintenance hemodialysis.In the 19 patients with CIN,the levels of SUN and Scr were higher and Ccr was lower at day 1 and 2 after angiography than before the procedure (all P ＜ 0.05),but the parameters were decreased to preoperative level at day 6 after angiography (all P＞0.05).Logistic regression analysis showed that renal dysfunction,diabetes mellitus and severe renal artery stenosis were the major risk factors for contrast-induced nephropathy.Conclusions Low-osmoiar nonionic contrast used in angiography is safe for elderly patients if adequately hydrated with 0.9 ％ sodium chloride.The clinical risk factors for CIN are renal dysfunction,diabetes mellitus and severe renal artery stenosis.

Objective To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) in patients with ischemic stroke (IS).Methods A total of 596 consecutive patients with ischemic stroke underwent cerebrovascular and renal angiography at our hospital from January 2008 to March 2013.Renal artery stenosis was defined as at least one of renal artery narrowing ≥ 50％ of luminal diameter.Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the association of the clinical variables with ARAS.Results Intracranial arterial stenosis (ICAS) was identified in 203 patients (34.1％),including 108 cases (18.5％) with arteriostenosis ≥ 50％.Extracranial arterial stenosis (ECAS) was identified in 250 patients (41.9％),including 149 cases (25.0％) with arteriostenosis ≥ 50％.The prevalence of ECAS was higher than that of ICAS(x2 =7.86,P ＜ 0.05).ARAS was identified in 77 patients (12.9％),and the prevalence of ARAS in patients with ECAS ≥50％ was higher than that in with ICAS ≥50％ (30.2 ％ vs.18.5％,x2 =4.52,P ＜0.05).Multivariate analysis showed that the age≥ 60 y (OR:2.48,P ＜ 0.05) and ECAS ≥ 50％ (OR:5.37,P ＜ 0.05) were independent risk factors for prevalence of ARAS.Conclusion ARAS is a relatively common finding among patients with ischemic stroke,suggesting that renal angiography should be performed in elderly IS patients,especially for those combined with severe ECAS.

Objective To investigate the role of Ephrin A2 in the regeneration and reinnervation of hair cells in the chick cochlea following kanamycin ototoxicity.Methods 66 newly hatched Roman chickens (3 days old) were randomly divided into experimental group and control groups. Experimental chickens (n=48) received intramuscular kanamycin (200 mg/kg:Sigma,St Louis,MO) for 10 consecutive days and were subsequently sacrificed 2 days before the last injection,and 1,3,7,10,15,21,30,and 60 days after the last injection (n=6 per subgroup). Control chickens (n=18) were untreated and sacrificed 3,13 and 43 days after hatching (n=6 per subgroup). Ephrin A2 protein expression in acoustic ganglia was determined by western blot analysis in all chickens after sacrifice. Results Ephrin A2 protein expression was found and the protein level was almost same in acoustical ganglia of all normal chickens. After kanamycin exposure,the Ephrin A2 protein expression level in the cochlea of the experiment chickens from 2 to 7 days after last kanamycin injection was lower than that in control chickens,respectively. Ephrin A2 expression increased obviously at 15 days after kanamycin last injection. By 30 days after the cessation of kanamycin treatment,the level of Ephrin A2 protein approximated to that in normal control group.Conclusion The expression of Ephrin A2 protein in the acoustical ganglia basically synchronizes with the regeneration and the reinnervation of the hair cells in the chicken cochlea following kanamycin damage,indicating that Ephrin A2 may play an important role in this process.