超声心动图对62例房间隔缺损封堵术后心功能变化的评价

目的：应用超声心动图评价房间隔缺损(ASD)封堵术前后左、右心室功能的变化。方法：对62例成功施行经皮穿刺ASD封堵术的患者进行研究。所有患者在术前、术后1周及1个月分别进行超声心动图检查．观察心脏大小及功能的改变。结果：ASD封堵术后，左室舒张末期前后径、左室舒张末期容积、左室每搏量及左室射血分数增大，而左室收缩末期容积未见明显改变；右室舒张末期前后径、右室舒张末期容积、右室收缩末期容积、右室每搏量、右室射血分数及右室心肌工作指数均减小。结论：经皮穿刺ASD封堵治疗既可减轻右室容量负荷，改善右室功能，也可改善左室的收缩功能：超声心动图对ASD封堵前后心脏血流动力学评价及疗效的观察起了重要的作用。     

经导管封闭治疗小儿继发孔房间隔缺损

目的探讨应用经导管封闭治疗小儿房间隔缺损的临床效果.方法 16例ASD患儿.男6例,女10例;年龄2～14(8±4)岁,体重10～40(23±9)Kg.先行右心导管用球囊导管测量ASD大小,选择适合的封堵器,在X线及超声引导下释放封堵器堵闭ASD,术后随访疗效,追踪残余分流率和并发症.结果应用此法封闭16例ASD,全部成功.手术时间为(70±30)血n,透视时间(13±8)min,术中无明显并发症.术后随访右房、右室径较术前明显缩小,恢复正常(P＜0.05);无残余分流发生.结论经导管封闭治疗小儿房间隔缺损术具有创伤小,成功率高,安全性好的优点,但其长期疗效需进一步随访观察.     

胺碘酮加小剂量地高辛转复房颤32例报告

目的　观察可达龙 (胺碘酮 )加小剂量地高辛对部分经冠脉造影确诊的高血压性心脏病 (高心病 )与冠心病患者心房颤动 (房颤 )转复窦性心律的可能与安全性。方法　符合入选条件、住院连服 2周可达龙 (0 .2g,3/d)未复律的高心病、冠心病并房颤患者 32例 ,加服地高辛 0 .1 2 5g ,2 /d ,2周后为观察终点 ,判断其房颤转复成功率与用药安全性 ;并随访半年 ,观察房颤复发率。结果　 32例中转复窦性心律 2 3例 ,转复率 71 .9% ,平均转复时间 (7± 2 )d ,无一例出现药物副作用 ;随访半年 ,复发 6例 ,复发率占复律者的 2 6 .1 %。结论　可达龙加小剂量地高辛对高心病、冠心病患者的房颤转复窦性心律 ,具有疗效较高 ,安全性与依从性好等优点 ,但仍有一定的复发率。     

ELECTRICAL REMODELLING OF CHRONIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

1. It is now recognized that atrial fibrillation (AF) is not a benign condition, as it is associated with a 40% increase in mortality and a doubling of the risk of stroke. 2. The development of AF leads to mechanical, electrophysiological and cellular changes in the atria that tend to sustain AF. This process is known as atrial remodelling. 3. The three electrophysiological elements in the atria that initiate and sustain AF are: (i) shortening of the refractory period and an increase in dispersion; (ii) slowing of conduction velocity; and (iii) the presence of triggerin. foci. 4. As AF is a heterogeneous disorder, therapeutic strategies include the use of devices (pacemakers and atrial defibrillators), radiofrequency ablation (focal ablation or the creation of linear lines) and drug therapy that may reverse a remodelle. atrium.     

Incremental Value of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Over Transesophageal Multiplane Two-Dimensional Echocardiography in Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Cardiac Masses and Defects

In the present study, we compared three-dimensionally (3-D) reconstructed images with multiplane two-dimensional (2-D) transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) images in 17 patients with various cardiac masses and defects. To overcome the problem of making measurements from 3-D reconstructed images, we carefully "dissected" the 3-D dataset using paraplane and anyplane 2-D sections, which were then used to obtain the maximum sizes of the cardiac masses and defects. Of the 15 vegetations and 9 abscesses detected by 3-D TEE in 7 patients, only 8 (53%) vegetations and 4 (44%) abscesses were detected by multiplane 2-D TEE (P < 0.02). Also, the exact anatomical location, shape, geometry, and extent of various cardiac masses and defects were more clearly delineated by 3-D than 2-D TEE. The maximum dimensions of cardiac masses and defects were larger by 3-D than by 2-D TEE in 17 (89%) of the 19 lesions available for comparison (P < 0.002). In addition, 3-D TEE correlated more closely than 2-D TEE when compared to surgical measurements in three patients in whom they were available. Thus, it would appear that in several instances, the exact size of the cardiac lesion could only be assessed by analysis of the 3-D volumetric dataset. Out preliminary study has demonstrated the superiority of transesophageal 3-D reconstruction over multiplane 2-D TEE in both qualitative and quantitative assessment of various cardiac mass lesions and pathological defects.     

Vasodilator effects of C-type natriuretic peptide on cerebral arterioles in rats

The vasodilator effects of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) were investigated in isolated rat cerebral arterioles. CNP caused dose-dependent vasodilation, maximally by 10.0±2.2% at 10⁻⁶ M. The median effective concentration (EC₅₀) was 5.2×10⁻¹⁰ M. In contrast, atrial natriuretic peptide and B-type natriuretic peptide, other members of the natriuretic peptide family, produced little or no vasodilation. Pretreatment with methylene blue (10⁻⁴ M) abolished CNP-induced vasodilation, whereas pretreatment with N^G-monomethyl-

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-arginine or indomethacin did not inhibit vasodilation. Thus, CNP is suggested to cause significant vasodilation in cerebral arterioles via a cyclic guanosine monophosphate-dependent mechanism. © 1997 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.     

老年心功能不全血浆心钠素浓度的变化

采用放射免疫法测定31例老年心功能不全患者血浆心钠素(ANP)浓度,发现老年心功能不全组ANP明显低于对照组(P<0.01)。血浆ANP含量随心功能不全的严重程度而明显减少(P<0.05)。病程与ANP浓度呈负相关 (r=-0.441,P<0.05)。不同病种、不同受累部位及有或无房颤之间ANP差异无显著性(P<0.05)。     

风心病房颤瓣膜术后的转复——21例临床分析

本文分析21例风湿性瓣膜病心房纤颤于手术后的转复治疗效果,指出在心瓣膜手术后转复房颤有成功率高、窦律维持时间长的效果。而术前左房大小、房颤持续时间长短和术后心功能改善程度等都直接影响转复成功与否及窦律维持期限。此外对单用电击转复和电击前采用预备药乙胺碘呋酮这两种方法进行了初步比较。     

Pulmonary vascular disease in secundum atrial septal defect in childhood: an unusual evolution

Reported is a case of a 16-month-old girl with an isolated atrial septal defect in whom severe pulmonary hypertension has developed in 26 months in spite of an important functional gradient across the pulmonic valves at a first catheterization. Individual susceptibility to an increased pulmonary blood flow is evoked.