Objective To explore the correlation between the carotid atherosclerosis unstable plaque lipoprotein(a) [ Lp(a)]levels with acute cerebral infarction patients.Methods 120 patients with acute cerebral infarction were selected as the research group,and at the same period,120 health cases were selected as the control group.The level of Lp(a) of the two groups was tested,and neck vascular color dopplar ultrasound examination was conducted.Results The incidence of atherosclerotic plaque in carotid artery and unstable plaques was 70.8％,51.7％,respectively,and significantly higher than that of the control group(25.8％,6- 7％ ) ( x2 =5.12,6.43,all P ＜0.05 ).The Lp(a) level of the research group[ (273.6 ± 221.7 )ag/L] was significantly higher than that of the control group[ ( 81.6 ± 64.9) mg/L ] ( t =6.53,P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion High level of LP(a) is the independent risk factor of cerebral infarction.The instability of carotid atherosclerotic plaques is the important cause of cerebral infarction.

Objective To probe into the safety and effectiveness of transcatheter coil embolization for congenital coronary artery fistula. Methods Between May 1999 and December 2002, coil embolization of coronary artery fistula was attempted in 6 patients aged 38 to 70 years (mean, 50.7 years). The fistulae connected the left coronary artery to the pulmonary artery in 2 patients, the right coronary artery to the pulmonary artery in 2, the right coronary artery to the right infra-pulmonary vein in 1, bilateral coronary artery (the left anterior descending artery and right coronary artery) to the pulmonary artery in 1. Results Complete fistula occlusion was achieved in 5 patients (83.3%); one failed to go through the tortuous fistula and gave up coil embolization. There were no operative or late deaths and complications. Follow-up evaluation by physical examination and echocardiography in 5 patients showed no evidence of recurrent or residual coronary artery fistula. Conclusion On the basis of our result, we believe that transcatheter coil embolization of coronary artery fistula is a safe, effective and convenient procedure without a thoracotomy and the use of cardio-pulmonary bypass in some cases.

The population of the very elderly is growing steeply with prolonged life expectancy.Age is an independent risk factor for stroke.Naturally,the very elderly become the high risky population.Hypertension is the most common and modifiable risk factor of stoke in the very elderly.Results of studies conducted during these 20 years have been reported to explore and investigate the relationship between stroke primary prevention and antihypertensive treatment,some of which are regarded as landmarks trials,providing essential evidences for blood pressure management in the very elderly.

Objective To investigate the clinic characteristics and treatment methods of coronary ectasia. Methods One hundred and fifty-four cases in Anzhen hospital during the last 10 years, whom with coronary aneurysm diagnosed by coronary artery angiogram and summarized the characteristics of symptom, sign, diagnosis and treatment. Results All patients were proved with coronary angiography. There were 112(72.7%)patients presenting angina, but with no specific manifestation in electrocardiogram, X-ray and echocardiogram.Thrombolysis in emergency were taken to 3 cases with acute myocardial infarction patients. One hundred and fifty-four cases were treated with aspirin or heparinizeation, and with nitroglycerin, Calcium channel blocker to dilate vessel. The followed up of 154 cases about 1-20 years, six cases were suffered with acute myocardial infarction. One of the 6 cases was reinfarction and one case was sudden death. Conclusions Angina is the main clinical manifestation and coronary angiography is the accurate diagnostic method. Long-term application with anticoagulant agent and vasodilator should be done to prevent coronary spasm and myocardial infarction. If acute myocardial infarction occurs, prompt thrombolysis should be used, if it is ineffective, coronary artery bypass grafting should be carried out.

ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical characteristics,3-month outcome and predictive factors in the very elderly patients with ischemic stroke.MethodsA total of 305 acute ischemic patients aged 65 years and over were enrolled in the study.They were divided into two subgroups by age:80 years old and over(n =78),65-79 years old(n =227).The clinical outcome was assessed by the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) on (90 ± 7 ) days after stroke,and categorized as good ( scoring 0-2 ) or poor( scoring 3-6) outcome.Results Significantly lower BMI [ ( 23.62 ± 4.92 ) kg/m2 vs ( 25.08 ± 3.69 ) kg/m2,P =0.005],lower frequency of dyslipidemia(56.41％ vs 71.13％,P =0.006) and alcohol intake (0％ vs 6.61％,P =0.043 )were found in the very elderly group.The rates of poor functional outcome in the ≥ 80years group and the 65-79 years old group were 56.41％ (44/76) and 41.40％ (94/224) respectively,with a P value of 0.015.Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that higher National Institute of Health stroke scale (NItISS) total score (OR 1.48,95％ CI 1.19-1.83 ) and lower albumin level (OR 0.73,95 ％ CI 0.55 -0.95 ) were associated with poor outcome in ≥ 80 year old,whereas higher NIHSS total score ( OR 1.38,95％ CI 1.24-1.53) and complications during hospital stay ( OR 2.58,95％ CI 1.07-6.19 ) were predictive factors in the 65-79 years old group.ConclusionOur study suggests that NIHSS scores,albumin level and complications during hospitalization are useful predictive factors for the short-term poor functional outcome in the patients of ≥65 years old and ≥80 years old patients have a worse prognosis.

Objective To understand the current status,type,and effect of training programs conducted by Health Bureau and CDC in China.Methods One person of each province was selected from China field epidemiology training network and designated as contact person who was responsible for collecting information of field practical training lasting for at least 6 months for staff of public health emergency and infectious disease control in each province from October 2001 to October 2010.Questionnaire including basic condition,organization and management,training design,faculty condition,trainee condition and training outputs was designed and filled in by contact person.Results There were 35 training programs covering over 9 provinces in China.The first province and city FETP started in 2004,including Guangdong FETP,Zhejiang FETP,Hangzhou FETP,Ningbo FETP and Guizhou FETP.Thirty-five training programs had 355 mentors,22(6％)were CFETP graduates and 57 (16％)were local FETP graduates.All program funds were paid by local governments.The training programs included two parts,theoretical lectures and field practice,which occupying 10％-20％ and 80％-90％ of the whole training time,respectively.Among 6 evaluative items including emergency investigation,surveillance analysis,surveillance evaluation,planned investigation,investigation report and paper publication,most programs(50％-94％) had less than average one person per time.Conclusions Field epidemiology training program after several years of development in china achieves the certain scale.Some provincial programs are successful,but the effect and quality of training programs in different areas are uneven.We suggest optimizing of field epidemiology training resources and further expanding China field epidemiology training network.

Aim To study the mechanism of synergistic antitumor of EBB and doxorubicin in doxorubicin-resistant MCF-7/ADR breast carcinoma cells.Methods The antitumor activity of doxorubiein alone and its combination with EBB were measured by MTT assay in MCF-7/ADR and MCF-7cells. The rate of doxorubicin-induced apoptosis and the protein and mRNA levels of P-glycoprotein(P-gp) were determined in MCF-7/ADR treated with EBB by flow cytometry (FACS), respectively.Laser scanning confocal microscopy was used to detect the intracellular accumulation of drug in EBB-treated MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR cells.Results EBB had antitumor effects for MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR.It could potentiate the antitumor effect of dororubicin with CDI of 0.73 and 0.49 for MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR,respectively.EBB and doxorubicin acted synergistically in elevating apoptosis of MCF-7/ADR and downregulating the expression of P-gp in a dose-dependent manner in MCF-7/ADR.EBB restored the intracellular accumulation of doxorubicin in MCF-7/ADR cells in a dose-dependent manner.After pretreatment with EBB for 24 h and 48 h,the intracellular accumulation of doxorubicin and Rh123 was obviousely restored in MCF-7/ADR cells compared with control in a time-dependent manner.Conclusion EBB is a potential agent which has strong inhibitory effect on both multidrug resistant cells and their parental cells.EBB can significantly potentiate the antitumor effects of dororubicin in MCF-7/ADR cells by blocking the function of P-glycoprotein and inhibiting the expression of P-glycoprotein.

Objective To evaluate the clinical effects of two different revascularization approaches,one via percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents (DES) and the other via coronary artery bypass graft (CABG),on short-and long-term prognosis in elderly patients with diabetes and multi-vessel coronary artery disease.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 254 elderly patients with diabetes and multi-vessel coronary artery disease.Based on the revascularization approach,patients were divided into the PCI group (n=93) and the CABG group (n =161).The incidence of major cardiovascular events (MACE) were observed during hospitalization and 1-year after follow-up.Results All-cause mortality and the incidence of non-fatal myocardial infarction were higher in the CABG group than in the PCI group during hospitalization [4.9％ (8 cases) vs.1.1％ (1 cases),5.6％ (9 cases) vs.2.2％ (2 cases),each P＜0.05],while there was no significant difference in the incidence of MACE between the two groups1-year after follow-up (P＞ 0.05).The incidence of cerebrovascular events was lower in the PCI group than in the CABG group [2.2 ％ (2 cases) vs.6.2％ (10 cases),P＜0.05],while the rate of revascularization was higher in thePCI group than in the CABG group [6.5％ (6 cases) vs.1.9％ (3 cases),P＜0.05].Cox regression analysis showed that diabetes (OR =1.65,95％ CI:1.013-1.926,P =0.024) and left ventricular ejection fraction (OR =1.30,95 ％ CI:1.018-1.652,P =0.027) were independent risk factors for revascularization and cerebrovascular events.Conclusions MACEs during hospitalization are fewer in elderly patients with diabetes and multi-vessel coronary artery heart disease who received PCI than in those who received CABG.PCI has a similar mid-and long-term effect as CABG,bur PCI has a higher revascularization rate and lower risk of MACEs than CABG.

This paper reports the diagnosis and therapy of one case of Dipylidium caninum infection in an infant.

Objective Excimer laser coronary atherecomy ( ELCA) has been recently used for the treatment of complex coronary lesions including calcified stenosis , chronic total occlusions and in-stent restenosis. Such complex lesions are difficult to adequately treat with balloon angioplasty and /or intracoronary stenting.The aim of this study was to introduce our early experiences in using ELCA in China . Methods Fifteen patients were enrolled through our center from March 2015 to April 2016 , and excimer laser coronary angioplasty was performed on 15 lesions.Eleven patients were previously failed cases either from uncrossable balloon ( 9 lesions ) or expandable balloon ( 6 lesions ) . The procedure and clinical endpoints were recorded .Results Laser catheter with 0.9 mm diameters were used in all 15 coronary lesions.All the lesions were successfully crossed with laser catheter and finally dilated with balloon .The procedural success rate was 100%.Drug eluting stents ( DES ) were implanted in 86.7% lesions and 2 cases were treated with drug eluting balloon .Clinical success was obtained in all patients (100%).There was no dissection , major side branch occlusion , spasm, no-reflow phenomenon nor acute vessel closure . Conclusions This study shows that laser-facilitated coronary angioplasty is a simple , safe and effective device for the management of complex coronary lesions .