Objective To observe the effect of 6% hydroxyethylstarch (130/0.4) on hemorheology in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by shock before and after early fluid resuscitation. Methods 72 AMI patients complicated by shock were randomly divided into two groups , namely groupⅠwith 6%hydroxyethylstarch (130/0.4) for early liquid resuscitation and group Ⅱwith balanced salt (1.86% sodium lactate solution and compound sodium chloride solution for a ratio of 1∶2 ) for liquid recovery; and another 36 subjects was assigned to normal control group (groupⅢ). The hemorheological indices were detected after admission and 2 to 3 hours after fluid resuscitation in groupsⅠandⅡ. Results After fluid resuscitation , high-and low-shear viscosity , red cell aggregation index, hematocrit, fibrinogen, and platelet aggregation rate decreased in groupⅠand groupⅡ, with significant statistical differences (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01). Conclusions 6% hydroxyethylstarch (130/0.4) can effectively improve abnormal hemorheology in patients with AMI complicated by shock.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the factors implicated in the diagnosis and treatment of early gastric caner.Methods Fifty Patients early gastric caner with diagnosed from March 2004 to May 2006,were investigated in the study retrospectively.ResultsAll of the patients were diagnosed accurately by the gastroscopy,among which 2 had atrophic gastritis history for 6 or 10 years,respectively.Twenty-four masses were located in gastric pylorus,12 in gastic angular incisure,14 in gastric body.D2 radical mastectomy was performed in 41 cases,and D1 radical mastectomy in 9 cases.In 10 cases the diameter of tumors was ＜1 cm,17 cases 1 -2 cm,14 cases 2-3 cm,9 cases ＞3 cm.Lymph node involvements were observed in five cases ( 10％ ).Follow data were available in 48 cases.Among them,3 died from local recurrence and metastasis at postoperative 10,12,19 months respectively. Conclusions Although endosopic mucosal resection or limited surgical resection is a reasonable treatment for some early gastric caner patients,D2 radical mastectomy is necessary for most early gastric caner patients.

Objective To evaluate the changes of left atrial structure and function in the patients with atrial fibrillation who accepted bi -polar radio frequency current ablation .Methods All patients in our study were divided into three groups including the ones who had accept -ed bipolar radio frequency current ablation because of atrial fibrillation ,the ones who refused to accept ablation operation in despite of atrial fibrillation and the ones who maintained sinus rhythm before operation .All patients accepted TTE before and after operation .Results The rate of transverse diameter change of ablation group (24.24 ±8.67)%was larger than those of other two groups (P<0.05).Left atrial chan-nel capacity volume change rate of ablation group (17.18 ±3.26)%were larger than the values of the group who were suffering atrial fibrilla-tion but refused ablation advice (0.86 ±0.26)(P<0.05).Left atrial total ejection fractions of ablation group (202.41 ±81.59)%were lar-ger than the values of the group who were suffering atrial fibrillation but refused ablation advice (109.53 ±60.91)%( P<0.05) .And its ac-tive ejection fractions(12.18 ±3.48)%,total ejection fractions(41.31 ±8.26)%and so forth were less than the group who maintained si-nus rhythm before operation(21.33 ±5.61)%,(45.05 ±7.37)%,respectively (P<0.05).Left atrial posterior wall center and cardiac basal segment strain(14.34 ±9.47)%,(13.20 ±8.38)%,respectively,and strain rate values after operation of ablation group were less than other segments .Conclusion Left atrial structure remodeling inversion was not obviously 3~6 months after bipolar radio frequency cur-rent ablation .And at the same time ,the improvement of left atrial storage function was not obviously compared with the group who refused ab -lation advice,left atrial channel function compensation degree descended obviously left atrial co -pumping function in ablation group increased obviously,left atrial posterior wall center and cardiac basal segment systolic and distolic function were less than other segments of left .

Objective To study the efficacy of medication management, symptom management and community reentry skills-training modules to prevent rural patients with schizophrenia from relapse and increase their social function.Methods 89 subjects were randomly assigned to the skills training group (45 cases) and the control group (44 cases). Both groups received the same treatments, but the skills training courses were given to the skills training group for twelve weeks when the subjects were addmitted into the trial and at their one-year follow-up timepoint respectively. And a two-year follow-up was carried out. All subjects were evaluated with PANSS, SDSS, relapse and employeement.Results 89 subjects had completed the study. The skills training group demonstrated clinical Results significantly superior to those of the control group on overall improvement according to PANSS and SDSS. Substantially, statistically significant advantages of the skills training group were related to 1) the rate of relapse (11.1% vs 31.8%), 2) the rate of employment (37.8% vs 15.9%).Conclusion Medication management, symptom management and community-re-entry skills-training modules are effective in reducing patients' psychiatric symptoms, preventing them from relapse and increasing their social function.

Objective To verify the feasibility and accuracy in the measurement of tricuspid valve annulus diameter(TVD) in the right ventricular outflow tract view.Methods Seventy five patients under the valve replacement surgery for the left heart valve lesions were divided into mild,moderate and severe group according to the severity of the regurgitation.The TVD was get on the apical four-chamber heart viewpreoperatively by transthoracic echocardiography(TTE),noted as TTE-TVD,meanwhile it was also get by the transesophageal echocardiography on the four-chamber view (TEE-TVD),right ventricular inflow (RVIT-TVD) and outflow tract view(RVOT-TVD).The changes of tricuspid regurgitation severtity was observed preoperatively.And the morphology of tricuspid annulus were observed using both real-time three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT-3D TEE) and the quantitative software.Results Comparison in the groups:no statistically significant difference (P ＞0.05) was found between TTE-TVD,TEE-TVD and RVIT-TVD;while the RVOT-TVD was significant greater than that in the same group from other views (P ＜ 0.05).Comparison between the groups:no significant difference was found between mild and moderate regurgitation group on the same view.There was a significant difference of the TVD between the severe regurgitation group and the former two groups on each view(P ＜0.05).The severity of tricuspid regurgitation in intraoperative anesthesia was reduced.The saddle tricuspid ring evolved into the narrow planar structure on the RT-3D TEE.For the expansion of the annulus,it departure from the tricuspid septal leaflet.Conclusions TVD measured on the right ventricular outflow tract view reflect the maximum expansion of the tricuspid valve annulus diameter,and can effectively guide the decision-making choices of the surgeon.

Our previous studies on the function of the osteoblasts (OBs) have shown that worn titanium particles decrease osteoblast function and promot secretion of bone resorption cytokines of OBs surrounding the synovium-like interface membrane of loosening implants. The current study was aimed to test the hypothesis that osteoclasts (OCs) bone absorption function is induced by conditioned media (CM) prepared from OBs loaded in the presence or absence of titanium particles (with three mean diameters 6.9 microm, 2.7 microm, and 0.9 microm, respectively). The effects of CM on OCs function were examined using a combination of the morphological characteristics tests, i.e., TRAP dyeing, scanning electron microscopy, F-actin immunofluorescence protocol for confocal microscopy, bone resorption lacunae assay, osteoclastic calcium tracking, with biochemical evaluation, i.e., C-terminal cross-linked telopeptides of type I collagen evaluated with ABC-ELISA method. The results showed that CM from 0.9 microm titanium particles could induce osteoclastic differentiation and formation, could partially influence the survival of the OCs; while CM of 2.7 microm and 6.9 microm titanium particles, especially the latter, could obviously augmented osteoclastic activity, survival, or differentiation. The stimulation of osteoclast function may be due to a parallel increase in the intracellular free calcium concentration. The present study provides strong support for the hypothesis that osteoclastic activity, survival, or differentiation are very important in the development of aseptic loosening. The development of therapeutic interventions to reduce osteoclastic function and optimization of biomaterials may be useful approaches for improving the performance of orthopaedic implants.
Animals ; Bone Resorption ; Cells, Cultured ; Osteoblasts ; cytology ; physiology ; Osteoclasts ; cytology ; physiology ; Particle Size ; Prosthesis Failure ; Rabbits ; Titanium ; pharmacology

Focus on the defects of the extraction method of velocity pulsated signals in the velocity spectrum image of pulsed Doppler ultrasounds (such as the limited data, great amount of work and low reproducibility), we combine the earlier research results and the basic rules of the velocity spectrum image, and employing the visual basics plateau, to design and develop a software to extract the velocity signals from the spectrum image automatically. Compare the mean velocity and RNS between the PIV and the PDU resulting from the method, the correlations are r = 0.93 and r = 0.78 respectively. The study reveals the software increase the amount of valid data, decrease the amount of work and increase reproducibility of the signals extraction. The method may be an effective way to analyse the velocity spectrum image of PDU in clinic.
Arteries ; diagnostic imaging ; Blood Flow Velocity ; physiology ; Humans ; Pulsatile Flow ; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Software ; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed ; methods

For the defects of interpreting the relationship between the distribution and severity of vascular stenostic disease and the low shear stress, the study focus on and explore the rules of the pressure distribution and variation downstream of the stenostic vessel with the numerical simulation and the hydrodynamic model of turbulent flow separation area for in vitro experiment. The results reveal that there is a good compatibility between the model experiment and the numerical simulation; there exists a marked pressure decrease downstream of the stenosis. And the distribution area of low pressure is similar to the characteristic distribution of the stenostic vessel diseases. The study suggested that the numerical simulation can be applied in the study of micro-flow field; the presure distribution and variatioin downstream of the stenostic vessel maybe another factor to trigger the pathogenesis of vessel stenostic diseases.
Blood Flow Velocity ; physiology ; Blood Pressure ; physiology ; Constriction, Pathologic ; physiopathology ; Humans ; Models, Biological ; Vascular Diseases ; physiopathology

In mankind, the circulation system is a closed pressure-loaded system; the pressure in circulation flow field would change with the variation of natural or pathological geometry of the local bloodvessel, and the pressure shift induced by the variation of vascular geometry would lead to a series of physiological and pathological changes in the endothelial cells (ECs). This experiment is designed to elucidate the effects of different pressure shift on F-actin alignment and expression in cultured endothelial cells in vitro, and to investigate the relationship between the altered pressure shift and the expression intensity of Vascular adhesion molecule (VCAM) and Integrin alphaVbeta3. Non-activated cultured ECs and single shear stress loaded ECs as control group were set, the double-immuno-fluoro-cytochemistry, laser confocal scanning microscopy and image analysis system were used to observe the expression of VCAM, Integrin alphaVbeta3 and F-actin in endothelial cells which were exposed to levels of pressure shift in an improved parallel plate flow chamber. When exposed to different decreased pressure shift, the expression intensity of VCAM, Integrin alphaVbeta3 and F-actin showed regular changes. The decreased pressure shift resulted in changes in cell alignment and cytoskeleton F-actin, and also affected ECs adhesion function and transmembrane mechanotransduction function which were represented by VCAM and Integrin alphaVbeta3 respectively.
Actins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Cell Adhesion ; Cells, Cultured ; Endothelial Cells ; cytology ; metabolism ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Integrin alphaVbeta3 ; genetics ; metabolism ; Pressure ; Umbilical Veins ; cytology ; Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 ; genetics ; metabolism

Lining the inner surface of the walls of blood vessels, Endothelial cells (ECs) go beyond providing selective membrane to maintain the natural structure and function of vessels; they also synthesize varieties of vasoactive proteins to modify the pressure shift in the local flow field and hence they adapt the physiological activities of vessels. In this experiment, ELISA and RT-PCR technologies were adopted. We set up five different pressure loaded ECs groups,one non-activated cultured ECs group and one single shear stress loaded ECs group. Such a design was intended to demonstrate the effects of pressure shift on the expression of vasoactive protein synthesized by ECs [Endothelin-1(ET-1), endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS), Cyclooxygenase-2(COX-2) and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor(VEGF)]. Our aim was to elucidate the mechanism of the pressure shift mediated dysfunction in ECs and the related dose-effect relationship. Based on these data, we suggest that ECs could modify the expression of vasoactive protein for adapting to the pressure shift in the local flow field; while in the process of--40 cmH2O induced ECs' dysfunction, the vasoactive proteins eNOS, COX-2 and VEGF play an important role in protecting ECs.
Cells, Cultured ; Cyclooxygenase 2 ; genetics ; metabolism ; Endothelial Cells ; metabolism ; physiology ; Endothelin-1 ; genetics ; metabolism ; Humans ; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III ; genetics ; metabolism ; Pressure ; RNA, Messenger ; genetics ; metabolism ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; genetics ; metabolism