促红细胞生成素心肌保护作用的研究进展

促红细胞生成素（erythropoietin，EPO）是一种造血细胞生长因子，主要用于治疗多种原因所致的贫血。近年来其非造血生物作用逐渐引起关注，EPO具有组织保护作用，这一作用涉及多种不同组织和细胞，心肌保护一直是心血管病研究领域重要、关键的课题。EPO对心肌保护的作用近两年已渐有报道，这无疑为临床心肌保护的研究提供了新的思路和方向。现就EPO心肌保护作用的相关研究成果、发现以及有待解决的问题作一综述。     

老年人急性心肌梗塞的临床特点

目的：研究60岁以上老年人急性心肌梗塞的临床特点。方法：对86例老年人急性心肌梗塞资料进行临床分析,并与同期255例小于60岁的急性心肌梗塞病人进行对比。结果：老年急性心肌梗塞患者女性的比例较60岁以下者明显增多(P＜0.01),老年无痛性心肌梗塞比例(30.5%)明显增多(P＜0.05),并发症心力衰竭(P＜0.01)、心律失常(P＜ 0.05),死亡率(P＜0.01)也明显增多。结论：老年人无痛性急性心肌梗塞多见,并发症发生率、死亡率高,应予重视。     

64层螺旋CT冠状动脉成像在心肌桥和壁冠状动脉诊断中的价值

目的探讨64层螺旋CT冠状动脉成像对心肌桥(MB)的诊断及其临床价值。资料与方法1422例患者均行64层CT扫描,所有数据传至工作站进行重组和后处理,观察有无MB,测量MB的长度、厚度、壁冠状动脉狭窄程度等。所有MB病例均行冠状动脉造影(CAG)检查并与CT结果对比。结果共发现104例119段MB,平均长度及厚度分别为(5.0±2.7)mm、(2.0±1.6)mm,壁冠状动脉狭窄程度为(31±17)%。104例MB患者CAG发现42例44段MB,其长度、厚度与CT结果存在明显差异。结论64层CT对MB和壁冠状动脉清晰显示,有特殊的临床价值。     

健康教育在心肌梗死中应对无效的原因及对策

目的：探讨健康教育在心肌梗死中应对无效的原因与对策。方法：收治心肌梗死16例，2例突发心衰死亡，3例超过此病的平均住院天数。结果：表明部分心肌梗死患的健康教育应对无效。结论：通过对心肌梗死患健康教育的效果观察，发现部分患应对无效。患方面的原因有(1)对疾病认识不足；(2)化层次差别大；(3)家属未积极配合；(4)对护士的信任度偏低。护士方面的原因有(1)对健康教育的落实力度不够；(2)不能充分利用有效的时间；(3)缺乏健康教育能力。提出的对策有(1)认真评估患，有针对性地进行教育；(2)强化角色意识，明确护士在健康教育中的地位和作用；(3)优化教育内容；(4)加大培训力度；(5)鼓励患家属积极参与；(6)建立良好的护患关系。     

骨髓细胞移植上调血管内皮生长因子及其受体的表达并改善缺血心脏功能

目的：通过骨髓细胞移植对心肌梗死大鼠模型血管内皮生长因子及其受体表达的影响，探讨骨髓细胞移植改善缺血心脏功能的可能机制。方法：利用左前降支冠状动脉结扎术制备大鼠心肌梗死模型，然后行异体骨髓细胞移植；分别于术后1d，3d，7d，14d和28d取材；利用免疫荧光和RT—PCR技术分析细胞移植对血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)及其受体(Flk一1)表达的影响和移植细胞的分化情况；通过免疫组化计算血管数量；应用血流动力学检测大鼠心脏功能在术后各时间点的变化。结果：VEGF和Flk-1在移植组动物的心肌梗死区残存细胞、梗死周边区细胞以及部分移植细胞内表达。移植组VEGF和Flk-1的mRNA表达明显高于对照组。分别于术后3d和14d达到高峰，以后逐渐减弱。术后7d，14d和28d移植组血管数量较同期对照组明显增加，移植组心脏功能较对照组明显改善。术后14d可在部分移植细胞中检测到心肌细胞或血管内皮细胞特异性蛋白的表达。结论：骨髓细胞移植通过上调移植细胞及受者内源性VEGF和Flk—1的表达，促进血管新生，进而改善缺血心脏功能。     

A comprehensive strategy for the evaluation and triage of the chest pain patient: A cost comparison study

BACKGROUND: Our objective was to determine the cost-effectiveness of a comprehensive, risk-based triage system, composed of multiple critical pathways, with the use of early myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in low-risk patients. We found previously that a chest pain evaluation system that uses MPI in low-risk patients was safe and effective, but the cost-effectiveness of this approach was not studied. METHODS AND RESULTS: We compared two groups. The Acute Cardiac Team (ACT) group (n = 874) was assigned prospectively to 1 of 4 risk levels by emergency department (ED) physicians. Level 1, 2, and 3 patients were admitted; level 4 patients were evaluated in the ED. Level 3 and 4 patients underwent ED MPI. The control group (n = 713) represented consecutive patients evaluated in the prior year according to standard care and assigned retrospectively to an ACT level based on the presenting electrocardiographic and clinical data. Record and hospital administrative data were assessed for clinical variables, outcomes, lengths of stay, and all expenses incurred within 30 days of the index visit. The baseline characteristics of the two groups were similar, including age, sex, myocardial infarction prevalence, and 30-day revascularization rates within each level or between the two groups. Mean costs per encounter were reduced for the ACT patients for each level, which was significant when all patients were compared ($5,030 +/- $7,081 vs $6,044 +/- $10,432, P =.02). Use of MPI in the low-risk patients was associated with reduced costs (level 3, $4,958 +/- $4,948 vs $5,051 +/- $7,036; level 4, $1,529 +/- $2,664 vs $1,794 +/- $6,854) and was associated with a significantly lower angiography rate and shorter length of stay. CONCLUSIONS: Implementation of a comprehensive strategy for chest pain evaluation and triage reduced overall costs for patients with chest pain on presentation. Acute MPI in the ED setting did not increase net cost.     

High-density lipoprotein subfractions,apolipoproteins and antipyrine clearance in normal subjects

Summary Serum high density lipoprotein (HDL) subfractions HDL₂ and HDL₃, apolipoproteins, and plasma antipyrine clearance (AP-CL) rate, an index of liver microsomal enzyme activity, were determined in 21 healthy subjects. High HDL cholesterol and HDL₂ cholesterol concentrations and HDL cholesterol/cholesterol and HDL₂/HDL₃ cholesterol ratios were associated with high AP-CL. Phenobarbital enhanced antipyrine elimination and increased the apolipoprotein A-I/A-II ratio. Subjects who had high AP-CL had a more antiatherogenic HDL subfraction and apolipoprotein profile than those with low AP-CL.     

Ubiquitous Presence in Mammalian Cells of Enzymatic Activity Specifically Cleaving 8-Hydroxyguanine-containing DNA

Here we report the finding of enzymatic activity that specifically cleaves DNA containing 8-hydroxyguanine (oh⁸Gua) residues in various mammalian cells. To detect this activity, we used a synthetic double-stranded DNA containing a single oh⁸Gua at a defined position as the substrate, and analyzed the products of enzymatic digestion by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Two cleavage sites near the oh⁸Gua residue were detected with partially purified fractions from cow brain and rat liver, and also with preparations from all mammalian tissues examined. These results suggest that enzymatic activity for the removal of oh⁸Gua from DNA is widely distributed in mammalian cells.     

Polymorphism of renin-angiotensin system genes in progressive IgA nephropathy

Summary: Clinical studies revealed that angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor reduces proteinuria and attenuates progressive decline in renal function in IgA nephropathy. Recent studies by us and others have demonstrated that the homozygote of the D allele (DD) of the ACE insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism is a potential risk factor for poor prognosis in IgA nephropathy, and that this deletion polymorphism predicts the therapeutic efficacy of ACE inhibition on proteinuria and, potentially, on progressive deterioration of renal function in patients with the nephropathy.     

电针心经对心肌缺血性家兔心力环面积的影响

以心力环面积为指标，静脉滴注垂体后叶素造成家兔心肌缺血动物模型，结果表明，电针心经地心脏功能的调节作用比电针肺经显著，有相对特异性，说明心经作为一条经脉，与心脏机能活动有密切关系。