Cardiovascular Diseases ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

OBJECTIVE:To observe the efficacy and safety of atorvastatin in the treatment of hypertension with unstable angi-na. METHODS:80 patients with hypertension with unstable angina were randomly divided into control group and treatment group. All patients were given anti-platelet aggregation and other conventional treatment;based on it,control group was orally treated with Amlodipine besylate tablet 5 mg,once a day+Metoprolol tartrate controlled-release tablet 25 mg,twice a day+Isosorbide dini-trate injection 10 ml by intravenous infusion,twice a day;treatment group was additionally treated with Atorvastatin calcium tablet 20 mg,orally,qd. 3 months was a treatment course,and it lasted 6 courses. Clinical efficacy,and systolic blood pressure,diastol-ic blood pressure,angina frequency and duration,changes of TC,TG,LDL,HDL levels before and after treatment and adverse reac-tions in 2 groups were observed. RESULTS:Total effective rate in treatment group was significantly higher than control group,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). After treatment,systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure in 2 groups were significantly lower or shorter than before,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05),however,there was no signifi-cant difference between 2 groups(P>0.05);angina frequency and duration were significantly lower than before,and treatment group was lower than control group,TC,TG and LDL in treatment group were significantly lower than before and control group, HDL was higher than before and control group,the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05),there was no significant dif-ference between before and after treatment in control group(P>0.05). There was no significant difference in the adverse reactions between 2 groups(P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Based on the conventional treatment, atorvastatin can effectively reduce the long-term angina frequency and duration of patients with hypertension with unstable angina,improve the ischemia myocardial and reduce the lipid levels with good safety.

Bacillus anthracis , the aetiological agent of anthrax, was the first discovered pathogenic bacterium in history Rapid progresses have been made on this field in recent years, especially; Bacillus anthracis has been sequenced successesfully early this year and published on the Internet The anthrax pathogenesis is always central to the study and there has been an enormous amount of work to elucidate it In this review, we will focus on the latest findings that concern three aspects of anthrax pathogenesis: Bacillus anthracis genome, pathogenic substances and pathogenesis mechanism

Objective To research the position transition training effect of general practitioner of northeast district of Chongqing,and find out the problems and their reasons.Methods 326 students and 150 unit leaders were chosen to make a questionnaire survey(recycled 307,150).The Kirkpatrick model was also used for data analysis from 4 levels.The result was described in percentage.Results Reaction Level:42.02％(129/307) of the trainees were not satisfied with the time arrangement of clinical medicine training; Study Level:3 courses were at high failure rate 19.54％(60/307),22.8％(70/307),17.92％(55/307); Behavior Level:81.43％(250/307)of the trainees considered the training effective; Result Level:94.00％(141/150)unit leaders considered the training had a positive impact.Conclusion The time arrangement of clinical medicine training is mostly unsatisfied and the ability of instrument using and result interpretation is weak.Most people consider the position transition training is effective.

We searched the papers about laboratory education in China Scientific Journal Database(CSJD)and China Journal Full-text Database(CJFD),and carried out the bibliometric analysis on these papers in order to understand the current status and trend of laboratory education in basic medicine in China,improve the teaching quality and provide reference to the reform and construction of laboratory education in basic medicine.

Objective To investigate the value of transcatheter arterial embolization in the treatment of obstinate nosebleeding. Methods Twenty patients with obstinate nosebleed failed with conventional therapy were performed internal maxillary arterial angiography. Transcatheter arterial embolization were carried out immediately after occurance of nosebleeding. PVA or gelfoam particles were injected into the bleeding arteries under fluoroscopy control. Nasal packing was removed to see whether bleeding was stopped. Results Active bleeding occurred in all 20 patients during angiography but was stopped in all patients after embolization without severe complications. Conclusions Transcatheter arterial embolization is an useful mini-invasive method in the treatment of obstinate nosebleeding.

The principal constituents of Radix Astragali include Radix Astragali soap glucoside,Radix Astragali polysaeeharide,amino-butyric acid,calcium and trace elements (selenium,manganese,iron,zinc,copper).Radix astragali has the function of protecting heart and kidney,two-ways regulating blood sugar and the blood pressure,resisting tumor,hypoxia,senile and oxidation,and enhancing immunity.This article reviewed pharmaceutical effects of Radix Astragali and its preparation of recent studies.

Breast tumors are the most common tumors of epithelial origin. Some tumors or tumor-like lesions of the breast may display a morphology similar to mesenchymal tumors predominated by spindle cells. However, such morphology is apt to be confused with others due to lack of the characteristic histopathology. This paper reviews some spindle cell lions in the breast, in an attempt to provide theoretical evidences for the differentiation diagnosis of breast tumors and tumor-like lions.

As one of the most serious hereditary neuromuscular disease, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by the loss or mutation of survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. It leads to a decrease in the level of SMN protein and a consequent loss of alpha neurons and progressive muscle atrophy resulting in the progressive muscle weakness, the significant disability and the shortened lifespan. Up till now, only three drugs have been approved for SMA, including the gene therapy drug onasemnogene abeparvovec. The antisense oligonucleotide drug nusinersen and and the small molecule chemical drug risdiplam were briefly introduced. Some representative samples of the small molecule chemical drugs and antisense oligonucleotide drugs targeting SMN2 in the clinical trial or preclinical research phases were also reviewed.

Tumors are believed to consist of a heterogeneous population of tumor cells originating from rare cancer stem cells (CSCs). However, emerging evidence suggests that tumor may also originate from non-CSCs. To support this viewpoint, we are here to present definitive evidence indicating that the number of tumorigenic tumor cells is greater than that of CSCs in tumor, and tumor can also derive from non-CSCs. To achieve this, an idealized mathematical model was employed in the present study and theoretical calculation revealed that non-CSCs could initiate the occurrence of tumor if their proliferation potential was adequate. Further, experimental studies demonstrated that 17.7%, 38.6% and 5.2% of tumor cells in murine B16 solid melanoma, H22 hepatoma and Lewis lung carcinoma, respectively, were potentially tumorigenic. Thus, based on the aforementioned findings, we propose that the scarce CSCs, if exist, are not the sole source of a tumor.