Objective To investigate the genetic effects of 15 peripheral blood inflammatory factors on the risk of aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection.Methods According to the relevance,independence,and ex-clusion assumptions of Mendelian randomization,instrumental variables predicting C-reactive protein and 14 interleukins(ILs)were extracted from human genome-wide association study data.The associations between these 15 peripheral inflammatory factors and the risk of aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection were investiga-ted using two-sample Mendelian randomization methods,including inverse-variance weighting,MR-PRESSO,and MR-Egger methods.Multivariable Mendelian randomization was used to assess the interactions of these inflammatory factors in influencing disease risk.Cochran's Q test and the MR-Egger intercept were used to e-valuate the heterogeneity and horizontal pleiotropy of the instrumental variables.Results The results of the inverse-variance weighted method showed that increased IL-16 levels were nominally associated with a reduced risk of aortic dissection(OR=0.837,95%CI:0.726 to 0.964,P=0.014).Increased IL-16 and IL-31 levels were also nominally associated with a reduced risk of aortic aneurysm(OR=0.949,95%CI:0.901 to 0.999,P=0.048;OR=0.934,95%CI:0.879 to 0.993,P=0.029).Increased IL-17F levels were nominally associat-ed with an increased risk of aortic aneurysm(OR=1.128,95%CI:1.007 to 1.264,P=0.038).No other in-flammatory factors were found to be associated with the risk of these two diseases using the inverse-variance weighted method.The MR-PRESSO and MR-Egger methods supported the results of the inverse-variance weighted method.Cochran's Q test and MR-Egger intercept test did not detect significant heterogeneity or horizontal pleiotropy.Conclusion IL-16,IL-31,and IL-17F may be involved at the genetic level in the inflam-matory mechanisms underlying the occurrence and development of aortic aneurysms and/or aortic dissections.Among them,IL-16 and IL-31 may play protective roles in aortic aneurysms and/or aortic dissections,whereas IL-17F may have a pathogenic effect on aortic aneurysms.

Acute aortic dissection type A(AADA) has a critical condition and high mortality. One of the most severe complications is malperfusion syndrome. AADA with malperfusion syndrome affects almost all vascular beds, including the brain, coronary artery, viscera, limb branches, and so on. The incidence and severity of malperfusion vary from organ to organ. Clinically, malperfusion must be diagnosed and treated in time. At present, there is no consensus on the clinical management strategy of AADA complicated with malperfusion syndrome. In this review, we discussed the related research progress of AADA involved with malperfusion syndrome to provide some guidance for clinical practice.

Objective To analyze and compare of regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA),low molecular weight heparin and hep-arin-free in severe sepsis patients with thrombocytopenia CRRT treatment effect and complication of the situation.Methods Retro-spective analysis of 3 6 patients admitted to ICU CRRT therapy of severe sepsis in patients with thrombocytopenia was made.Nine patients were given RCA,1 4 patients were given low-molecular-weight heparin calcium and 1 3 patients were given no heparin anti-coagulation programme.And then observation of three groups of CRRT treatment of coagulation function in patients with platelet depletion,blood,bleeding conditions,filter effects,filter usage time,and 15-day,30-day mortality were made.Results In RCA group and heparin-free group,coagulation blood features was significantly superior to low-molecular liver pigment calcium group (P<0.05),there was no significant difference(P>0.05)between RCA group and heparin-free group coagulation in blood features. Bleeding rate and platelet consumption in RCA group were significantly lower than that in heparin-free group and low molecular liv-er pigment group(P<0.05).Filter usage life in RCA group and low molecular liver pigment group was obviously longer than that in heparin-free group(P<0.05).There was no significant difference in filter effect,15 days,30 day fatality rate among the three groups(P>0.05).Conclusion Severe sepsis in patients with thrombocytopenia in CRRT applications of regional citrate anticoagu-lation could reduce the risk of hemorrhage,reduced platelet consumption and longer filter usage time.