电针内关穴对窦房传导功能的影响及其意义

采用直接窦房传导时间（ＳＡＣＴｄ）为指标，对１０例窦房结功能正常者进行了针刺前、针刺及固有心率（ＩＨＲ０）期间ＳＡＣＴｄ测定，以探讨电针内关穴对窦房传导功能的影响及其意义。结果表明：电针与ＩＨＲ０期间ＳＡＣＴｄ较对照期显著缩短（Ｐ〈０．０１；Ｐ〈０．００１）。自主神经阻滞后，电针该穴不能使ＳＡＣＴｄ进一步缩短（Ｐ〉０．０５）。提示；以内关穴为主的电针刺激能改善正常窦房传导功能，其作用似与自主神经中     

黄连素对2型糖尿病神经病变大鼠神经传导速度的影响

目的观察不同剂量的黄连素(Ber)对2型糖尿病周围神经病变(DPN)大鼠空腹血糖(FBG)、痛阈及神经传导速度(NCV)的影响。方法采用高脂高果糖饲料喂养1个月再用小剂量链脲佐菌素(STZ)诱导的方法建立2型DPN大鼠模型,将实验动物随机分为4组。正常对照组不予任何处理,DPN对照组予磷酸盐缓冲液(PBS)1 mL/kg,低剂量组和高剂量组分别给予Ber 100 mg/kg、187.5 mg/kg灌胃,整个治疗持续8周。用血糖仪测FBG,用热板法测定大鼠痛阈,用BL-420生物功能信号采集记录系统测定NCV。结果低剂量组、高剂量组的FBG均较DPN对照组明显降低(P均<0.05),而DPN对照组大鼠FBG则维持在高血糖水平。DPN对照组大鼠痛阈值明显降低(P<0.05),而高剂量组的痛阈值较DPN对照组显著升高(P<0.01)。两剂量组均可加快NCV,高剂量组对NCV有更加显著的改善(P<0.001)。在用Ber治疗的后期能使明显消瘦的大鼠体质量回升。结论Ber可明显降低2型DPN大鼠的FBG,且大剂量Ber对2型DPN大鼠的周围神经病变有明显的改善作用。     

Time course of muscle atrophy and recovery following a phenol-induced nerve block

Clinically, phenol is used often as a neurolytic agent to treat pain and spasticity. The purpose of this study was to examine the time course of denervation and recovery in several hindlimb muscles following application of a 5% aqueous solution of phenol to the sciatic nerve. Phenol was applied to the sciatic nerve of adult female rats either by intraneural or perineural injection. Axonal degeneration was evident within the sciatic nerve 2 days following phenol application, although variable amounts of damage were observed. By 2 weeks, the soleus and tibialis anterior had atrophied to 63% and 51% of control. Reinnervation of hindlimb muscles occurred between 2 and 4 weeks following the nerve block. Following denervation, the soleus became slower in that all of the fibers expressed the slow myosin heavy chain (MHC). At 5 months, maximum tension of the soleus was 74% of control and the muscle consisted of more fast fibers on average, some of which expressed IIx MHC. These data suggest that 5% phenol causes an injury to the nerve that is more severe than a crush injury, and that reinnervation of denervated muscles may be by motoneurons other than those that originally innervated the muscles. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

First clinical experiences with an implantable bone conduction hearing aid at the University of Amsterdam

Summary A transcutaneous bone-conduction hearing aid was implanted in 11 patients who were not suitable for transcranial sound amplification. Audiological and surgical selection criteria were followed strictly. One device had to be explanted and minor revision surgery was needed in two cases for skin irritation and scarring. In general the aids were well tolerated but the amplification power of the external device proved to be insufficient in some patients, in whom bone conduction levels were on the borderline of the selection limits. Correspondence to: W.A. Dreschler     

Effects of chronic treatment with a nitric oxide donor on nerve conduction abnormalities and endoneurial blood flow in streptozotocin-diabetic rats

Abstract. This study examined the ability of nitrova-sodilator treatment with isosorbide dinitrate to prevent the development of reduced nerve conduction velocity and nutritive blood flow in streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus in rats. Two month untreated diabetes caused approximately 23% and 13% reductions in sciatic motor and saphenous nerve sensory conduction velocity ( P < 0.001). Isosorbide dinitrate treatment provided 64.6 and 67.6% protection for motor and sensory nerves, respectively ( P < 0.01). Sciatic endoneurial nutritive blood flow was measured by microelectrode polarography and a hydrogen clearance technique. After 1 month untreated diabetes, flow was reduced by 41.9% ( P < 0.001). Isosorbide dinitrate treatment for 1 month in non-diabetic and diabetic rats significantly increased blood flow ( P < 0.01). When between-group variations in blood pressure were taken into account, vascular conductance increased by 29% and 31% in non-diabetic and diabetic rats, respectively ( P < 0.01). Thus, nitrovasodilator treatment improves nerve perfusion and function in experimental diabetes, probably by compensating for reduced endothelium-derived nitric oxide release or action.     

Clinical Recurrences After Successful Accessory Pathway Ablation:

Dormant Accessory Pathways. Introduction : Recurrence of clinical symptoms after radiofrequency catheter ablation of an accessory atrioventricular pathway (AP) may be due to the late manifestation of an additional AP that was not detected during the initial ablation session. It was the purpose of this study to elucidate the phenomenon of these "dormant" APs.
Methods and Results : Of 1280 consecutive patients who underwent radiofrequency catheter ablation of an AP, 54 patients (4.2 %) developed clinical symptoms postablation, necessitating a repeat ablation session. Recurrence of conduction over the AP targeted al the initial ablation session was found in 45 patients, whereas in the other 9 patients (0.7%) the manifestation of a previously unnoticed AP had caused symptom recurrence. Retrospective analysis of the data from these patients' ablation sessions revealed that the late manifesting AP was ablated at a site clearly different from that of the initially targeted AP, and that the manifestation of conduction over a previously "dormant" AP occurred significantly later than the recovery of a presumably ablated AP. Seven (78%) of the 9 "dormant" APs were concealed, and none exhibited decremental conduction properties.
Conclusion : The incidence of clinical recurrences mediated by the late manifestation of conduction over a previously "dormant" AP is low. The lack of an anatomic vicinity of these predominantly concealed APs with the initially targeted AP and the lack of evidence for their presence during the initial ablation session suggest intermittent conduction as the most likely explanation for their late manifestation.     

接触性热痛诱发电位检测方法的建立

目的 建立接触性热痛诱发电位(CHEP)的检测方法,估测介导此诱发电位的外周神经传导速度.方法 受试者取卧位,应用CHEP刺激器,于两个强度水平(49.5℃和54.5℃)应用可调节脉冲,刺激部位为鱼际肌、手背、前臂的掌侧面.受试者在每次刺激后,按照视觉模拟评分标准对刺激强度分级.以Keypoint仪器记录,记录点为Cz和Pz.测定刺激强度和疼痛分级的关系、诱发电位的主要成分及外周神经传导速度.结果 刺激强度和疼痛分级的关系为:49.5℃和54.5℃刺激鱼际肌皮肤,疼痛分级分别为(3.2±0.3)、(4.4±0.5)级;54.5℃刺激手背和前臂掌侧面皮肤,疼痛分级分别为(6.3±0.8)、(7.2±0.5)级.于记录点记录到3个主要成分:Cz/N550、Cz/P750和Pz/P1000.介导此诱发电位的外周神经传导速度分别为(12.9±7.5)、(1.7±0.4)m/s,分别与Aδ纤维和C纤维的传导速度相对应.结论 CHEP能较为稳定、可靠地引出,介导此诱发电位的外周神经为Aδ纤维和C纤维.     

导管射频消融治疗房室结折返性心动过速前后心率变异的改变

对２０例房室结折返性心动过速患者在射频消融前后进行心率变异频域和时域分析，以了解射频消融对心脏自主神经系统的影响。结果显示，心率变异的极低频段（ＵＬＦＰ）、低频段（ＬＦＰ）、高频段（ＨＦＰ）及总能谱（ＴＦＰ）均较射频消融前降低（Ｐ〈０．０５）。提示射频消融对心脏交感神经、融交感神经均有损害，而以副交感神经损害为主。     

Radiofrequency Ablation of Concealed Left Free-Wall Accessory Pathways Without Coronary Sinus Catheterization:

Ablation of Concealed Accessory Pathways. Introduction: Feasibility of radiofrequency (RF) ablation using a two-catheter technique without coronary sinus catheterization was studied in 100 consecutive patients with a single concealed left free-wall accessory path-way.
Methods and Results: Tachycardia was induced by electrical stimulation in the right atrium/right ventricle, and the presence of a concealed left free-wall accessory pathway was suggested electrocardiographically (negative P wave in leads I and/or a VL during orthodromic tachycardia) or by earlier atrial activation in the pulmonary artery compared to the high right atrium. Mapping of the mitral annulus was performed during right ventricular pacing or orthodromic tachycardia, and RF energy was applied at the site with the earliest retrograde atrial activation. Ablation was considered effective if tachycardia could not be induced, and if VA dissociation or exclusive retrograde nodal conduction was observed. Ablation was initially successful in 98 of 100 patients. Mean number of radiofrequency pulses were 3.2 ± 2. Mean fluoroscopy time and total procedure time was 14 ± 9 and 107 ± 32 minutes, respectively. There were no complications related to the procedure. At a mean follow-up of 22 ± 13 months, two patients experienced tachycardia recurrence and required a second procedure, which was successful.
Conclusions: Our results suggest that RF catheter ablation of concealed left free-wall accessory pathways can be safely, effectively, and rapidly performed using a simplified two-catheter technique with no need for coronary sinus catheterization.     

Microalbuminuria and nerve conduction velocity in type-I diabetics during conventional therapy and during continuous I.V. insulin infusion

Summary The objective of this study was to follow the development of microalbuminuria and nerve conduction velocity under continuous i.v. insulin therapy over a limited period of 4 months. For this purpose, 8 labile type I diabetics were selected (age 33±8 years, duration of diabetes 16±9 years) and treated conventionally with two insulin injections daily over 4 months. Afterwards, the same patients were treated with continuous i.v. insulin infusion and finally again with two injections daily over 4 months each. This procedure allowed each diabetic to serve as his own control. HbA₁, microalbuminuria, nerve conduction velocity and relative refractory period of the ulnar nerve were checked at montly intervals. During the continuous i.v. infusion over 4 months, blood sugar values were significantly lower, glucosuria had disappeared almost completely and the glycosylated hemoglobin had fallen to near normal values. The mean rate of albumin excretion was 16±5 μg/min at rest and 76±26 μg/min during exercise (normal: 3.9±0.4 and 4.8±1.2 μg/min, respectively) and did not change significantly. Nerve conduction velocity in the ulnar nerve rose significantly under i.v. insulin therapy from 47.9±0.6 m/sec to 52±0.6 m/sec. Similarly, the relative refractory period of the same nerve fell significantly from 3.7±0.2 to 1.9±0.1 msec (i.e. to within normal range). It is concluded that functional disturbances of peripheral nerve can regress by improved blood sugar control with continuous i.v. insulin infusion over 4 months. On the other hand, incipient microangiopathy measured as microalbuminuria remains unchanged over the same period of time. If an improvement is at all possible, considerably longer periods of euglycemia are likely to be necessary. Supported by Grant No. 3.964-0.80 from the Swiss National Science Foundation.