Extracardiac Right Atrium-to-Right Ventricle Homograft for Uncorrectable Tricuspid Valve Disease

Surgically uncorrectable tricuspid valve disease in children is rare. However, when it happens the surgical options are very limited. Tricuspid valve replacement using a mechanical valve or stented bioprosthesis is impractical. Use of homografts in the “anatomic position” has its limitations. We report here the use of an extracardiac homograft connection between the right atrium and right ventricle in a 16-month-old boy in whom severe tricuspid valve stenosis developed after surgical repair of a complex ventricular septal defect associated with dextrocardia and anomalous systemic venous drainage. The patient remains well receiving no cardiac medication 12 months after the procedure.     

体外构建组织工程心脏瓣膜动物实验初步研究

目的探讨应用去细胞猪主动脉支架(decellularized porcine aortic valve scaffold，APAVS)与兔骨髓干细胞(rabbit bone marrow stromal cells，RBMSCs)体外构建组织工程心脏瓣膜的可行性。方法采用去垢剂-核酸酶消化法处理，去除猪主动脉瓣细胞成分，并做去细胞前后的形态学检查和生物力学测定；在去细胞支架上种植兔骨髓干细胞，行形态学检查和免疫组化测定。结果光镜及电镜证实，猪主动脉瓣膜中的细胞成分可完全去除，获得完整无细胞的纤维网状支架；瓣叶去细胞前后的断裂强度和断裂伸长率无明显变化；种植的RBMSCs可在ACPAV表面形成一层连续的细胞层。结论种植RBMSCs于ACPAV上，可体外构造组织工程人工心脏瓣膜。     

Development of an open case-based decision-support system for diagnosis in oral pathology

BACKGROUND: Making diagnoses in oral pathology are often difficult and confusing in dental practice, especially for the less-experienced dental student. One of the most promising areas in bioinformatics is computer-aided diagnosis, where a computer system is capable of imitating human reasoning ability and provides diagnoses with an accuracy approaching that of expert professionals. This type of system could be an alternative tool for assisting dental students to overcome the difficulties of the oral pathology learning process. This could allow students to define variables and information, important to improving the decision-making performance. However, no current open data management system has been integrated with an artificial intelligence system in a user-friendly environment. Such a system could also be used as an education tool to help students perform diagnoses. The aim of the present study was to develop and test an open case-based decision-support system. METHODS: An open decision-support system based on Bayes' theorem connected to a relational database was developed using the C++ programming language. The software was tested in the computerisation of a surgical pathology service and in simulating the diagnosis of 43 known cases of oral bone disease. The simulation was performed after the system was initially filled with data from 401 cases of oral bone disease. RESULTS: The system allowed the authors to construct and to manage a pathology database, and to simulate diagnoses using the variables from the database. CONCLUSION: Combining a relational database and an open decision-support system in the same user-friendly environment proved effective in simulating diagnoses based on information from an updated database.     

超微孔膨体聚四氟乙烯人工心脏瓣膜体外流体力学的评价

目的采用新型高分子材料制备人工心脏瓣膜,并对其体外流体力学特征作出评价。方法将片状超微孔膨体聚四氟乙烯材料缝制于弹性支架上做成人工心脏瓣膜,以Baxter人工双叶机械瓣作对照,对新型瓣膜进行了静态泄漏和定常流测试。结果两种瓣膜静态泄漏率无显著差异(P>0.05),定常流下高分子瓣膜跨瓣压差更低,两组间存在显著差异(P<0.001)。结论新型高分子人工心脏瓣膜体外流体动力学性能优于Baxter机械瓣。     

人工全膝关节置换术治疗膝关节骨关节炎

[目的]评价人工膝关节置换术治疗骨关节炎的临床疗效。[方法]本院自1994年10月～2003年10月采用人工全膝关节置换术治疗膝关节骨关节炎81例（95膝），男10例，女71例；平均年龄65．5岁（50—82岁）；左膝35例，右膝26例，双侧同时置换17例；保留后交叉韧带假体18膝，后方稳定性假体62膝，活动衬垫15膝。[结果]本组平均随访42个月（14—108个月），应用HSS膝关节评分系统进行分析，优：80膝（84．21％），良：10膝（10．53％），可：3膝（3．16％），差：2膝（2．10％）。优良率94．74％。[结论]作者认为人工全膝关节置换术能有效的缓解膝关节骨关节炎的疼痛，改善膝关节功能。正确的选择假体、精细的手术操作和严格的术后康复是保证手术效果的关键。     

The posterior urethral valve uropathy: Results of treatment

Nineteen children treated for posterior urethral obstruction due to congenital valve in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria, over a 9-year period have been analysed. Their ages ranged from birth to 12 years. Results show that associated kidney pathology may be irreversible even after successful excision of the valve. This determines the final prognosis, which is worse the younger the child at presentation.     

老年主动脉瓣闭锁不全的彩色多普勒超声心动图研究

报告接受彩色多普勒超声心动图检查的老年患者162例，其中75例有不同程度的主要动脉瓣关闭不全（Ar)。老年（Ar)的病因构成与中，老年前期者明显不同，主动脉，瓣钙化及原因不明者的比例占多数（67％）。主动脉瓣钙化者Ar程度多较重。主动脉瓣钙化及原因不明Ar患者的其他三个瓣膜返流检出率及和程度均明显高于无Ar的老年患者。表明多瓣膜退行性病变是此类Ar患者的原因之一。     

应用国产球囊导管经皮球囊二尖瓣成形术12例报告

本文报告经皮球囊二尖瓣成形术治疗二尖瓣狭窄12例。10例术前平均左房压为18mmHg～40mmHg(26.7±7.15mmHg),术后即刻为4mmHg～18mmHg(10.6±3.86mmHg)P<0.01。跨瓣压差术前10mmHg～40mmHg(19.6±9.05mmHg),术后为0～5mmHg(2.65±2.21mmHg)P<0.01。1例失败,1例术后发生二尖瓣关闭不全急性左心衰竭死亡。     

二尖瓣环钙化与颈动脉粥样硬化关系的超声研究

目的 了解二尖瓣环钙化（MAC）与颈动脉粥样硬化之间的关系，探讨MAC能否作为颈动脉粥样硬化的独立预测因子。方法 采用高频超声对156例MAC患者（其中55例为重度MAC患者）及118例年龄、性别与之相匹配的无MAC对照者的颈动脉进行了检测。结果 ①与对照组比较，MAC组及重度MAC组患者高血压和糖尿病的患病率明显增加（P〈0．05）；②MAC组颈动脉粥样硬化斑块发生率，颈动脉狭窄≥20％、≥40％及双侧颈动脉狭窄≥40％的发生率均显著高于对照组（P〈0．01），重度MAC组上述指标的改变更为显著（P〈0．01）。此外，重度MAC组颈动脉狭窄≥60％的发生率明显高于对照组（P〈0．05）；③MAC组及重度MAc组颈动脉内-中膜厚度（IMT）显著高于对照组（P〈0．01）；④单因素及多因素Logistic回归分析结果均表明：MAC是颈动脉狭窄≥40％最有意义的预测因子（P〈0．01）。结论 MAC与颈动脉粥样硬化之间存在十分密切的关系，通过对MAC的检测，能够预测颈动脉粥样硬化的存在及其程度，在临床实际工作中，对于有二尖瓣环钙化的患者应常规进行颈动脉粥样硬化的检查。     

心房颤动犬心房肌细胞2型理阿诺受体的分布和表达

目的探讨心房颤动(房颤)时心房肌细胞2型理阿诺受体表达和分布的改变。方法杂种犬10只,分为正常对照组和单纯房颤组,每组5只。单纯房颤组用起搏器进行房颤式快速起搏,起搏频率(500±20)次/min,正常对照组不植入起搏器。24周后取出心脏,用逆转录聚合酶链反应、免疫荧光染色技术检测犬心房肌细胞2型理阿诺受体在mRNA水平的表达和蛋白水平的表达和分布。结果与正常对照组比较,单纯房颤组犬2型理阿诺受体在mRNA和蛋白水平的表达明显低于正常对照组(P<0.05);在细胞质、细胞膜2型理阿诺受体分布均显著减少。结论房颤时心房肌细胞2型理阿诺受体表达下调,2型理阿诺受体可能不是心房肌细胞主要的钙信号调控的受体。