Objective To explore the effects of passive smoking on vascular endothelial function in office women.Methods Totally,94 healthy office women volunteers from urban(36 women)and townships or towns(58 women)were divided into three groups based on the extent of their daily exposure to passive smoking,group A exposed to one to eight cigarettes,group B exposed to nine to 15 cigarettes,and group C exposed to more than 15 cigarettes,respectively,with 20 healthy young women without exposure to passive smoking as controls.Internal diameter of the brachial artery Was measured by color Doppler ultrasound scanning for each of the participants and its changes were observed before and after congestive reaction of the brachial artery test and nitroglycerin test.Results Thirteen of 36 office women from urban and 38 of 58 from townships or towns exposed to passive smoking of more than eight cigarettes daily,with chi-square of 7.74,P=0.0054.The brachial artery in groups A,B and C dilated less than that in the controls did.The brachial artery in group C dilated less than that in the groups A and B did.Conclusion Passive smoking could damage vascular endothelial dilatation function in office women.

Objective:To analyse the causes of early implantation failure and the therapeutic measures with re-implantation after the failures.Methods:6 cases of implantation failure including early infections,loosening and non-osteointegration were reviewed and trea-ted by re-implantation therapy,and the causes of failure were discussed and the effects of re-treatment were evaluated.Results:2 cases were found to be with infection of adjacent teeth after implantation and were treated by removal of the implant,socket curettage,root ca-nal therapy(RCT)and antibiotics followed by reimplantation.Implant loosening and non-osteointegration were observed in 4 cases, which were treated by the similar methods for the implant socket.Reimplantation was successful in all 6 cases followed-up for 1 -3 years.Conclusion:Preventive measure for implantation failure should include indication selection,control of infections in adjacent teeth and periodontosis,use of GBR technic and so on.Re-implantation following proper treatment of adjacent teeth and the socket of implant is effective for the treatment of implantation failure.

Objective To compare the efficacy of thrombus aspiration catheter combined with intracoronary tirofiban and nitroglycerol injection through the aspiration catheter versus the guiding catheter during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).Methods Thirty-four patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI and receiving thrombus aspiration catheter combined with intracoronary tirofiban and nitroglyeerol injection through the aspiration catheter were enrolled as the aspiration group (n =34),and those who had similar coronary angiography results and basic characteristics but receiving thrombus aspiration catheter combined with intracoronary tirofiban and nitroglycerol injection through the guiding catheter were served as the guiding group ( n =33 ).The outcomes of the two groups were observed and compared.Results There was no significant change of blood pressure between before and after injection in the aspiration group ( P ＞ 0.05 ),but the change of blood pressure was significant after injection compared with before injection in the guiding group ( P ＜ 0.01 ).The cTn-I,BNP,peak-value of CK-MB,peak-time of CK-MB,TIMI grade 3 flow,slow-reflow in IRA after PCI in the aspiration group were superior to those in the guiding group ( t =3.92,P ＜ 0.01 ;t =4.70,P ＜ 0.01 ; t =3.39,P ＜ 0.01 ; t =7.17,P ＜0.01 ; x2 =3.877,P ＜ 0.05 ; x2 =3.876,P ＜ 0.05 ).LVEF,LVEDd and LVESd after 1 month in the aspiration group were superior to those in the guiding group (t =5.99,P ＜ 0.01 ;t =4.53,P ＜ 0.01 ;t =8.12,P ＜ 0.01 ),but no significant differences of LVEF,LVEDd,LVESd were found after 1 week resolution of sum of ST-segment elevation and the MACE rates after PCI were found between the two group ( P ＞ 0.05 ).Conclusion Application of thrombus aspiration catheter combined with intracoronary tirofiban injection through the aspiration catheter is more effective than through the guiding catheter in patients with Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction,which could decrease slow-reflow phenomenon and improve re-perfusion and left ventricular function with better clinical outcomes.

Objective To explore the effect of melatonin(MT) on the behavior of rats treated with noise stress and the related bio-mechanism. Methods Fifty rats were randomly divided into a blank group,two experimental groups and two control groups. The blank group was untreated. The experimental and control groups were exposed to 120dB noise stress for 1 day or 3 days, 8 hours per day, and treated with 15 mg/kg melatonin by intraperitoneal injection,or the same volume of physiological saline 30 minutes before noise stress. After noise stress,the rats' behavior was measured by open field test, learning and memory ability of rats was investigated with the method of Morris water maze and then nitric oxide (NO), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) contents in cerebral cortex and hippocampus of the rats were measured by TBA and Griess method respectively. Results No matter noise stress time was 1 day or 3 days, the excitability and explorative behavior of the 2 experimental groups(total movement distance (TMD) (1322.50 ± 504.32) cm, (1819.55 ± 458.37) cm, faster movement time (FMT) (68.49 ± 23.90) s, (87.34 ± 16.01) s, distance to center (DTC) (63.56 ± 2. 75) cm, (60. 13 ±1.87)cm, inner toriod time(ITT) (7.87 ±2.06)s,(9.60 ±2.89)s) in the open field test decreased significantly compared with those of the control group (TMD (2042.03 ± 449. 19) cm, (2325.73 ± 384.90) cm,FMT (109.32 ±21.84)s,(124.65 ± 16.74)s, DTC (58.00± 1.53)cm,(55.05 ±5.13)cm, ITT (12.84 ±3.62) s, (14.92 ± 2.75) s, P ＜ 0. 05, P ＜ 0.01);the escape latency of the experimental groups (( 10. 69 ±3.37) s, (18.87 ± 4.74) s) in Morris water maze was significantly shorter than that of the control group (( 23.86± 7.66)s, (33.55 ± 7.20)s, P＜ 0.05, P＜0.01). The contents of NO or MDA in cerebral cortex and hippocampus of the experimental groups (NO in cerebral cortex (3.35 ± 0.40) μmol/gprot, (4.50 ± 0.41) μmol/gprot, NO in hippocampus (2.24 ±0.18) μmol/gprot,(3.15 ±0.21) μmol/gprot, MDA in cerebral cortex(1.34 ±0.44)nmol/mgprot, (2.39 ± 0. 18) nmol/mgprot, MDA in hippocampus (0. 13 ± 0. 07) nmol/mgprot, (0.53 ± 0. 10)nmol/mgprot) were lower than those of the control group (NO in cerebral cortex (3.35 ± 0. 40) μmol/mgprot,(5.03 ± 0.44)μmol/mgprot, NO in hippocampus (2.93 ± 0. 31) μmol/gprot, (3.38 ± 0.24) μmol/gprot, MDA in cerebral cortex (2.24 ± 0.26) nmol/mgprot, (4.21 ± 0.21) nmol/mgprot, MDA in hippocampus (0.47 ± 0.29)nmol/mgprot, (1.33 ± 0. 187) nmol/mgprot, P ＜ 0.05, P ＜ 0. 01) respectively and the contents of SOD in cerebral cortex and hippocampus of the experimental groups (in cerebral cortex (763.95 ± 214.36) U/mgprot, (491.33 ±35.85) U/mgprot, in hippocampus (817.02 ± 232.39) U/mgprot, (644.85 ± 28.02) U/mgprot) were higher than those of the control group(in cerebral cortex (556.50 ± 101.51) U/mgprot, (327.35 ± 30.54) U/mgprot, in hippocampus (279.74 ± 117.02) U/mgprot, (108.75 ± 15.52) U/mgprot, P ＜ 0.05, P＜ 0.01) respectively. Conclusion Melatonin is effective in improving the ability of learning and memory in the rats of noise stress,possibly by inhibiting the increase of NO and MDA and increasing the SOD activity in cerebral cortex and hippocampus of the rats.

Objective To understand the quality of life and self-efficacy of Parkinson patients and explore the relationship between them. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on 155 Parkinson patients. The instruments included a self-designed general information questionnarie, the 39-item Parkinson's disease questionnaire (PDQ-39) and self-efficacy scale for chronic patients. Results The total score of the quality of life was 26.12 ± 16.31.The total score of self-efficacy was 5.46 ± 1.87, and the scores of symptom management and disease management were 5.23 ± 1.98 and 5.94 ± 1.96. The quality of life was positively correlated with self-efficacy (r=0.800, P < 0.01). Conclusions Parkinson patients' overall the quality of life and self-efficacy remain a low level, and the quality of life was closely correlated with self-efficacy. The score of patients' self-efficacy was higer, the quality of life was better. Medical and nursing personnel can through strengthening patients' self-efficacy, optimizating of the patient' s health behavior, and improving negative emotion and attitude, so as to improve their quality of life.

To establish a LC-MS/MS method to determine the concentrations of liquiritin, glycyrrhizin, glycyrrhetinic acid, amygdalin, amygdalin prunasin, ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and methylephedrine of Maxing Shigan decoction in rat plasma, and study the differences on their pharmacokinetic process in normal rats and RSV pneumonia model rats. After normal rats and RSV pneumonia model rats were orally administered with Maxing Shigan decoction, the blood was collected from retinal vein plexus of different time points. Specifically, tetrahydropalmatine was taken as internal standard for determining ephedrine, while chloramphenicol was taken as internal standard for determining other components. After plasma samples were pre-treated as the above, the supernatant was dried with nitrogen blowing concentrator and then redissolved with methylalcohol. The chromatography was eluted with mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile and 0.1% formic acid solution in a gradient manner. ESI sources were adopted to scan ingredients in ephedra in a positive ion scanning mode and other ingredientsin a negative ion scanning mode. The multiple-reaction monitoring (MRM) method was developed the plasma concentration of each active component. The pharmacokinetic parameters of each group were calculated by using Win-Nonlin 4.1 software and put into the statistical analysis. The result showed the plasma concentration of the eight active ingredients, i.e., liquiritin, glycyrrhizin, glycyrrhetinic acid, amygdalin, amygdalin prunasin, ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and methylephedrine within the ranges of 1.04-1040, 1.04-1040, 0.89-445, 1.05-4200, 1.25-2490, 0.3-480, 0.3-480, 0.3-480 microg x L(-1), with a good linearity and satisfactory precision, recovery and stability in the above ingredients. After modeling, except for glycyrrhetinic acid whose pharmacokinetic parameters were lacked due to the data missing, all of the rest components showed significant higher Cmax, AUC(0-1) and lower clearance rate (CL) than that of the normal group, indicating the increase in absorption in rats in the pathological state by reducing the clearance rate. The method is accurate and sensitive and so can be used to determine the plasma concentrations of the eight active ingredients in Maxing Shigan decoction. RSV pneumonia-infected rats absorbed more ingredients in Maxing Shigan decoction.
Animals ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Disease Models, Animal ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacokinetics ; Male ; Pneumonia, Viral ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Objective To observe the safety and efficiency of DIVER thrombus aspiration catheter application during percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI) in patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI)and to evaluate its impacts on the myocardial reperfusion,cardiac function and in-stent restenosis after 9months.Methods A total of 86 cases of ST-segment elevation patients of AMI treated with PCI and confirmed complete occlusion lesion by angiography from November 2008 to December 2010 were randomly divided into two groups:aspiration group(n =43)with DIVER thrombus aspiration cathetcrs were used,and non-aspiration group (n =43).ST-segment recovery within two hours,TIMI grade,the in-hospital adverse major cardiac events,the levels of Pro-BNP,coronary function determined by ultrasound heartbeat graph and the results of coronary angiography after PCI for 9 months were compared between two groups.Results There was significant difference on ST-segment recovery within two hours between these two groups[95.35％(41/43)vs 79.02％(34/43),x2 =11.862,P =0.0006].The incidence of TIMI 3 grade flow was significantly higher,the incidence of TIMI 2(slow flow)and TIMI 0-1(no-reflow)grade flow were much lower in aspiration group than those in non-aspiration group immediately after PCI[TIMI 3:93.02％(40/43) vs 81.40％(35/43),x2 =6.06,P =0.0335 ; TIMI 2:6.98％(3/43) vs 13.95 ％(6/43),x2 =3.12,P =0.0495 ; TIMI 0-1:0 vs 6.98 ％(3/43),x2 =5.29,P =0.0352].There was no difference on LVEF[(0.420±0.054) ％ vs(0.408±0.052)％,t =1.0496,P =0.766and LVEDD(56.5±4.5)mm vs(57.6±4.4)mm,t =1.0419,P =0.7832]between these two groups one day after PCL LVEF was significandy higher in aspiration group than that in non-aspiration group one and nine months after PCI[(0.452±0.050) ％ vs(0.432±0.049) ％,t =3.3957,P =0.0482 ;(0.469±0.053) ％ vs (0.413±0.052)％,t =4.9457,P =0.0336].LVEDD was significantly smaller in aspiration group than that in non-aspiration group one and nine months after PCI[(49.6±5.1) mm vs(53.4±4.6) mm,t =3.4548,P =0.0473 ;(46.5±4.4) mm vs(50.2±4.8) mm,t =3.7260,P =0.0421].There were no cardiovascular events (angina,myocardial infarction,heart failure,cardiac death)in both groups during 9 months follow-up.The coronary angiography results showed that the occurrence rate of in-stent restenosis in aspiration group was significantly lower than that in non-aspiration group(2.33％ vs 6.98％,x2 =4.4351,P =0.0463).Conclusion The application of DIVER thrombus aspiration catheters during PCI in all patients with AMI was safe and effective,it can improve the myocardial tissue perfusion and the post-operative cardiac function and can lower the occurrence rate of in-stent restenosis.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effect of Acanthopanax senticosus saponins (ASS) on oxidative damage induced by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2 ) in cardiomyocytes.

METHODThe cardiomyocytes were induced to oxidative damaged by exposed to H2O2. We evaluated the level of oxidative injury through morphology change, the survival rate, the activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and the content of cellular malondialdehyde (MDA). The activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), catalase (CAT) and the content of reductive glutathione (GSH) of cardiomyocytes were also determined.

RESULTWhen the cardiomyocytes were exposed to H2O, (50, 100, 200 micromol x L(-1)) for deigned time, the percentage of survival cells was down significantly (P < 0.01 or P < 0.001), and the activity of LDH and the content of MDA were increased markedly (P < 0.05, P < 0.01 or P < 0.001). These results show that the cells were subjected to oxidative damage. Treatment with ASS (600 mg x L(-1)) prior to H2O2 exposure could increase cell viability significantly, lessen cardiomyocyte morphological damaged change, and decrease LDH activity (1687.40 +/- 97.51) U x mL(-1) in media and cellular MDA content (16.50 +/- 2.66) nmol x mg(-1) markedly (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05). Furthermore, the activities of SOD (89.55 +/- 6.93) U x mg(-1), GSH-Px (845.87 +/- 63.76) mU x mg(-1), CAT (93.07 +/- 10.40) U x mg(-1) and the content of GSH (8.91 +/- 1.06) micromol x mg(-1) of cardiomyocytes were also raised by 600 mg x L(-1) l ASS (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONTaken together, the study implicate that ASS protects cardiomyocytes against oxidative-stress injury induced by H2O2 through reduction of lipid peroxidation and enhancement of the activity of antioxidant defense.

Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Catalase ; metabolism ; Cells, Cultured ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Eleutherococcus ; chemistry ; Female ; Glutathione Peroxidase ; metabolism ; Hydrogen Peroxide ; pharmacology ; Male ; Myocytes, Cardiac ; drug effects ; enzymology ; metabolism ; Oxidative Stress ; drug effects ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Saponins ; pharmacology ; Superoxide Dismutase ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo explore the efficacy and feasibility of dog days moxibustion plaster therapy in treatment of allergic rhinitis of different patterns/syndromes.

METHODSAllergic rhinitis of lung deficiency and invasion of cold, spleen qi deficiency and kidney yang deficiency, 56 patients for each pattern/syndrome were randomized into a plaster therapy group and a nasal spray group, 28 cases in each one. In the plaster therapy group, according to the pattern/syndrome differentiation, with literature retrieval method, 3 acupoints of high frequency utility in clinic were selected as one group in acupoint plaster therapy. For lung deficiency and invasion of cold pattern/syndrome, Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12) and Hegu (LI 4) were selected. For spleen qi deficiency pattern/syndrome, Pishu (BL 21), Zusanli (ST 36) and Dazhui (GV 14) were selected. For kidney yang deficiency pattern/ syndrome, Shenshu (BL 23), Dingchuan (EX-B 1) and Bailao (EX-HN 15) were selected. Separately, on July 13, 2013, July 23, 2013, August 2, 2013 and August 12, 2013, the aucpoint plaster therapy was applied, 2 to 4 h (1 to 2 h for children) each time. In the nasal spray group, beclometasone dipropionate aqueous nasal spray, 2 presses one nostril each time, 2 to 3 times a day, continuously for 4 weeks. The symptom score and efficacy were compared before and after treatment in the patients of the two groups.

RESULTSThe symptom scores of 3 patterns/syndromes were all apparently improved after treatment as compared with those before treatment in the patients of the two groups (all P<0.05), and the result in the plaster therapy group was better than that of the nasal spray group (P<0.05, P<0.01). For lung deficiency and invasion of cold pattern/syndrome, the total effective rate was 87.3% (20/24) in the plaster therapy group, better than 84.6% (22/26) in the nasal spray group (P<0.05). For spleen qi deficiency pattern/syndrome, the total effective rate was 83.3% (20/24) in the plaster therapy group, obviously better than 76.9% (22/26) in the nasal spray group (P<0.05). For kidney yang deficiency pattern/syndrome, the total effective rate was 79.2% (19/24) in the plaster therapy group, better than 76.9% (22/26) in the nasal spray group (P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe dog days moxibustion plaster therapy achieves definite efficacy on allergic rhinitis at the acupoints selected based on the differentiation of different patterns/syndromes and the efficacy is better than beclometasone dipropionate aqueous nasal spray.

Acupuncture Points ; Administration, Cutaneous ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Animals ; Child ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Rhinitis, Allergic ; drug therapy ; therapy ; Yang Deficiency ; drug therapy ; Young Adult

Objective To evaluate the safety and clinical efficacy of stent implantation using a rapid artificial cardiac pacing technique on ostial lesions of left anterior descending artery (LAD).Methods From Jun 2008 to Nov 2010,38 patients with ostial lesions of LAD were recruited and randomly divided into two groups:patients with stent implantation using a rapid artificial cardiac pacing technique (pacing group,n =19 ) and patients with direct stent implantation (no-pacing group,n =19 ).Post-stenting examination was performed.Patients were followed-up for 9 months and coronary angiography was reviewed.The immediate success rate,major adverse cardiac events including death,reinfarction and target vessel revascularization,late lumen loss,sent thmmbosisin,rent-restenosis were compared between these two groups.Results There were no significant differences in the baseline values,disease characteristics and instant response to surgery between pacing and no-pacing groups(P ＞ 0.05 ).The time cost for stent placement was significantly shorter in the pacing group than that in the no-pacing group ( [ 16.5 ± 0.5 ] s vs.[46.6 ± 1.4 ] s,t =88.256,P =0.004 ).After surgery,there was no acute or subacute thrombosis,in-stent restenosis or occlusion for patients in the pacing group.In the no-pacing group,one patient developed acute thrombosis.The symptoms disappeared after thrombus aspiration and balloon dilatation by emergency percutaneous coronary intervention.Patients were followed up for 270 -275 days,and patients in the pacing group received post-stenting coronary angiography 9 months after stent implantation using a rapid artificial cardiac pacing technique,and no in-stent re-stenosis was found.During this period,nobody had adverse events such as death,myocardial infarction or target lesion revascularization,while five cases with in-stent restenosis (50％ -60％ )were found in the no-pacing group,without further target lesion reconstruction due to symptomless.Conclusion Compared with previous positioning technique,stent implantation using a rapid artificial cardiac pacing technique on treatment of ostial lesions of LAD is safer,and more effective.It is a favorable method for accurate positioning of bracket and can improve the prognosis,reduce the occurrence of acute thrombosis and in-stent restenosis.