Objective:To investigate the effect of rosuvastatin on carotid arterial intima-media thickness of elderly patients and its comparison with simvastatin.Method:126 patients hospitalized during January and August 2008 were randomly divided into a treatment group and a cotrolled group.All the patients were male and older than 70 years old,and their mean age was 78.9?8.8 years.63 patients accepted the rosovastatin therapy and 63 patients accepted the simvastatin therapy.Result:After 8-weeks'therapy,CIMT was reduced from 1.58?0.24mm before the treatment to 1.44?0.22mm after it.There was no difference between the two groups in decreasing CIMT.No adverse events related to the study medication were observed.Conclusion:The treatment with rsuvastatin can prevent the increase of carotid arteriosclerosis in eldlerly patients without any difference in decreasing CIMT,compared with simvastatin.

AIM: To investigate the growth inhibition effects of CDA-II on breast cancer cells. METHODS: The effects of CDA-II on growth curve and morphology of breast carcinoma cell lines MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 were observed in vitro cultures. RESULTS: CDA-II reduced the growth speed and proliferation ability. CONCLUSION: CDA-II has remarkable effects on anti-cell-proliferation and shows good prospects of application in the treatment of patients with breast carcinoma.

Objective:To determine the diagnostic performance of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) in patients with recurrent or residual prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. Methods:Studies were systematically searched in the PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane library, SCI, CBM, CNKI, VIP, WanFang, and other databases. Additional studies were manually searched using the references of the retrieved articles. The retrieved deadline time was June 6th, 2013. Studies were eligible for inclusion based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the qualities of the studies were reviewed based on the QUADAS criteria. The Meta Disc 1.4 software was used for meta-analysis, and a summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve was constructed. The patient-based pooled weighted estimates of the sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic odds radio, and 95%confidence interval were calculated. Results:Among the 118 eligible studies, 7 articles (12 studies) were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled weighted estimates of the sensitivity, specificity, and the area under the curve were 0.88 (95%confidence interval:0.84 and 0.91), 0.87 (95%confidence interval:0.81 and 0.92), and 0.939 1, respectively. The pooled diagnostic radio (dOR) was 50.4 (95%confidence interval:26.0 and 97.6) and Q*was 0.876 4. Conclusion:DCE-MRI has high sensitivity and specificity in the evaluation of locally recurrent or residual prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy, in which the diagnostic efficiency of DCE-MRI combined with magnetic resonance spectroscopy is much better.

Objective To investigate the role of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM 1) in pathogenesis of pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) complicated by fetal growth restriction (FGR). Methods The placenta samples were collected from 30 pregnant women with PIH complicated by FGR, 28 FGR patients without PIH and 30 normal pregnant women. Immunohistochemical analysis was used to demonstrate the positive expression of VCAM 1 in placenta vascular endothelium and syncytiotrophoblast of these samples. Results In placentas of PIH complicated by FGR (80%),expression of VCAM 1 in the decidual vascular endothelium was significantly higher than those without PIH (25%) and normal placentas (15%)( P

Objective To study the effect of mitochondrial membrane potential and cellular membrane permeability in the neurotoxicity of artemether. Methods Mitochondrial membrane potential and cellular membrane permeability in pheochromocytoma cell and primary cultured rat neuronal cell were measured by flow cytometry, using rhodamine 123(Rh123) and PI as fluorescent dye, respectively. Mitochondrial swelling was measured by spectrometer. Results Artemether could decrease the mitochondrial membrane potential and increase the cellular membrane permeability in both cell types in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, artemether led to mitochondrial swelling with dose-effect and time-effect relationships. Conclusion The decrease of mitochondrial membrane potential plays an important role in the neurotoxicity of artemether. The drug can change the mitochondrial membrane potential and mitochondrial swelling by affecting the permeability transition pore complex located in the mitochondrial membrane, increasing cellular membrane permeability, causing an obstruction and finally leading to neurotoxicity.

Complications of vascular access are main component of vascular complication in percutaneous cardiovascular intervention.The common complications of femoral access may include hemorrhage and hematoma at access site,vasovagal reflex,pseudoaneurysm,arteriovenous fistula,retroperitoneal hematoma and deep venous thrombosis.The common complications of radial access may include radial artery spasm,radial artery occlusion,vascular injuries or hematoma at forearm and other sites,and osteofascial compartment syndrome.The common complications of ulnar and brachial accesses may include hemorrhage and hematoma at access site,upper limb and hand ischemia,and nerve injuries.Effective prevention and treatment of vascular access complications are key steps to minimize the incidence and hazards of vascular complications in percutaneous cardiovascular intervention.

Objective To estabilish a HPLC method for the determination of Geniposide in Jigucao Capsule. Methods The column was Lichrospher-C18(5 ?m,4.6 mm?250 mm). The determination was carried out with acetonitrile-0.1% phosphoric acid(10∶90) as the mobile phase,a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min and detected at 238 nm,and temperature of the column was 35 ℃. Results The calibration curve showed good linearity in the range of 0.14～1.68 ?g,Y =1 552.15X-6.42,r=0.999 9. The mean recovery was 97.53%(RSD=1.24%,n =6). Conclusion The method is accurate,reliable,and can be used for quality control of the preparation.

Objective: To summarize the efficacy of nape multiple acupuncture for treating vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis. Methods: Patients with vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis who visited from 2001 to 2004 were randomly divided into a control group of 50 cases receiving simple medication and an acupuncture plus medication group of 50 cases receiving medication plus nape multiples acupuncture. Results: Compared with the control group, the clinical cure rate was significantly increased in the acupuncture plus medication group (P＜0.05). Conclusion: Medication plus nape multiple acupuncture can obviously improve the therapeutic effect on vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis.

Aim To explore the protective role of schisandrin B (SchB)against HK-2 damage induced by Cisplatin and the probable mechanism.Methods Cultivated HK-2 was interacted by Cisplatin and SchB with different concentrations.Invert microscope showed cellular form change and Flow Cyto Meter told apopto-sis.Combined with test result on the change of L-DH, MDA and LPO,probable protective effect of SchB on HK-2 was studied and analyzed.Result Cisplatin in-hibited cells′growth and induced apoptosis.20 μmol · L-1 SchB significantly reduced apoptosis of Cispla-tin-induced HK-2,and offered the best protection. SchB could reduce MDA,LPO,LDH significantly in-creased by cisplatin.Conclusion SchB can be an ef-fective inhibition agent of Cisplatin-induced renal tubu-lar epithelial cell apoptosis (HK-2 ).The mechanism can be the inhibition of Cisplatin-induced oxidative stress by antioxidant effect.

Objective To determine that atorvastatin might have anti-inflammatory effects in acute coronary syndromes(ACS) with C-reactive protein(CRP) reduction.Methods Ninety-two patients with ACS were assigned to three groups: high dose atorvastatin group(31 cases),taking atorvastatin 40 mg daily.Standard dose atorvastatin group(31 cases),taking atorvastatin 10 mg daily,and control group(30 cases),only receiving conventional therapy.CRP levels,lipid profiles were measured at first and fifth day and 1 month later.Results The study suggested:(1)CRP levels significantly decreased from baseline to the fifth day and 1 month later in high dose atorvastatin group(P