阵发性心房颤动的射频导管消融大静脉电隔离治疗

目的报道阵发性心房颤动(房颤)的射频导管消融电隔离肺静脉和腔静脉的疗效。方法阵发性房颤患者36例,年龄(42.5±13.2)岁。经1次房间隔穿刺放置环状标测电极导管(Lasso导管)和冷盐水灌注消融导管,在Lasso导管的指导下,采用全肺静脉或上腔静脉与靶静脉节段性电隔离相结合的方法对肺静脉和腔静脉行标测和电隔离治疗。窦性心律时最早激动的肺静脉和腔静脉电位处和/或心房起搏时最短的心房和静脉电位间期处为靶点行消融。结果36例阵发性房颤患者均接受一次电隔离治疗,共电隔离大静脉115根,其中左上肺静脉34根,左下肺静脉22根,右上肺静脉30根,右下肺静脉17根,上腔静脉12根,即刻电隔离成功率为95.6%,术中并发症发生率2.78%。随访3~22个月,成功率(无房颤发作或房颤发作明显减少)为75.0%。结论射频导管消融电隔离肺静脉或腔静脉与心房间的电活动连接,可有效预防房颤的复发。治疗的关键是消融靶点的标测和确定。     

环肺静脉电隔离术后房性快速心律失常的机制和再消融治疗

目的分析环肺静脉电隔离术后，房性快速心律失常（ATa）发生机制和再次消融治疗结果。方法采用Lasso导管和电解剖（Carto）标测，对135例房颤患者行环同侧肺静脉电隔离消融术。术后随访时间3个月以上的102例患者中，33例患者仍有ATa发作。其中20例接受再次消融治疗。再次消融术均采用单Lasso导管标测，Carto指导下点状消融肺静脉与心房的传导点（gap），或环肺静脉线性消融左心房。消融成功终点为双侧肺静脉电隔离。结果Lasso导管标测表明，20例患者均存在心房与肺静脉（A—PVP）的电传导，一侧和双侧A—PVP传导分别为8例和12例。再次消融，18例患者达到肺静脉电隔离（其中10例为局部补点式消融，余8例行环肺静脉线性消融）。另2例患者的左侧或双侧肺静脉未能电隔离。平均随访（5．5±5．3）个月，18例术中达到消融终点的患者，仅1例仍有阵发性房颤。结论环肺静脉线性消融术后，存在或恢复左心房与肺静脉的电传导是导致ATa发生的主要原因。再次消融电隔离肺静脉是成功治疗的关键。     

经导管射频消融治疗阵发性心房颤动的疗效和安全性

目的 探讨经导管射频消融治疗阵发性心房颤动(简称房颤)的有效性与安全性.方法 42例阵发性房颤患者采用节段性消融肺静脉电隔离术或三维标测系统指导下环肺静脉电隔离术两种不同方法进行经导管射频消融治疗,术后进行随访,观察其疗效和安全性.结果 42例患者中,25例(59.52%)经导管消融成功.4例(9.52%)有效,13例(30.95%)无效,4例(9.52%)出现并发症,无死亡病例.节段性消融肺静脉电隔离术平均手术时间为(235.50±38.01)min,X曝光时间为(74.35±12.73)min;三维标测系统指导下环肺静脉电隔离平均手术时间为(163.18±24.76)min,X曝光时间为(36.90±8.06)min.结论 经导管射频消融治疗阵发性房颤对大部分患者是有效的,三维标测系统指导下环肺静脉电隔离术的手术时间和X曝光时间短于节段性消融肺静脉电隔离术.     

节段性肺静脉电隔离治疗阵发性心房颤动的方法学

目的 对阵发性心房颤动(房颤)经药物治疗无效并接受射频导管消融治疗的患者，采用经改良的节段性电隔离方法隔离肺静脉进行治疗，并研究该方法的有效性及安全性。方法 61例阵发房颤患者采用一次房间隔穿刺技术，分别送入标测及消融电极导管。应用猪尾造影导管用高压注射器非选择性左心房造影显示肺静脉开口及左心耳位置，指导导管行进方向以减少心脏压塞风险。标测中常规探查、标测右下肺静脉，避免遗漏可能触发房颤的肺静脉电位。在肺静脉与左心房之间肺静脉电位优势传导部位用温控导管或冷盐水灌注导管做多点消融形成节段性隔离。结果 单个节段或多个节段消融可使肺静脉与左心房之间形成完全性电隔离，使肺静脉电位消失。节段性隔离靶肺静脉173根，即刻成功168根，成功率97．1％。术中2例发生心脏压塞，1例左上肺静脉狭窄60％。结论 节段性电隔离肺静脉法可有效隔离肺静脉，可替代点状隔离和环状隔离方法。与其他传统方法比较，手术时间短、成功率高，可明显减少肺静脉的损伤和避免肺静脉狭窄的发生。     

射频导管消融进行心房-肺(或上腔)静脉电隔离治疗阵发性心房颤动的并发症分析

目的总结射频导管消融进行心房 肺静脉和 /或上腔静脉 (合称大静脉 )电隔离治疗阵发性心房颤动 (房颤 )的并发症。方法顽固性阵发性房颤患者 89例 ,在环状标测电极导管指导下行大静脉的射频导管消融电隔离治疗 ,分析出现的各种并发症。结果 89例病人共接受电隔离治疗 10 3次 ,隔离大静脉 2 30根 ,其中肺静脉 2 0 7根 ,上腔静脉 2 3根。出现并发症 10例 ,其中严重迷走神经反射导致的一过性三度房室阻滞引起的晕厥发作 2例 ,脑卒中 2例 ,肺静脉狭窄 4例 (狭窄程度 >5 0 % ) ,术后少量心包积血 2例 ,并发症的总发生率为 11%。结论射频导管消融进行心房 肺和 /或上腔静脉电隔离治疗阵发性房颤可出现各种并发症 ,多数并发症可通过采取相应的措施使之减少或避免 ,其中肺静脉狭窄和脑卒中为最棘手的并发症 ,应予以高度重视。     

肺静脉节段性消融治疗阵发性心房颤动

肺静脉内的折返是促使心房颤动（房颤）发作的最可能机制，肺静脉在房颤的发生和维持机制中起重要作用。在实时左心房三维标测系统（Carto）指导下，肺静脉环状射频消融电隔离治疗阵发性房颤已成为可能。这里我们评价术前16排螺旋CT指导下肺静脉节段性消融治疗顽固性阵发性房颤的临床效果。     

环肺静脉隔离消融术对P波离散度的急性效应

目的观察经三维电解剖标测系统指导下成功的环肺静脉隔离导管射频消融术本身对阵发性房颤患者P波离散度（Pd）的影响。方法选取在三维电解剖标测系统（Ensite或Carto）指导下行环肺静脉隔离经导管射频消融治疗阵发性房颤患者38例。分别记录研究对象术前及术后第3天窦性心律时体表心电图（ECG）及心脏彩超（同一操作者）,其中ECG各导联P波间期最大值（Pmax）与最小值（Pmin）之间的差值即Pd。结果经导管环肺静脉隔离阵发性房颤射频消融术前Pmin和Pmax分别为（57.8±15.8）、（128.9±25.8）ms,术后分别为（60.1±14.3）、（115±20.6）ms,其中Pmax手术前后比较P〈0.01。Pd手术前后分别为（71.1±17.5）、（54.7±15.6）ms,P〈0.01。进一步分析Pd和左房大小的关系表明,不仅术前Pd和术前左心房大小未见明显相关（P=0.437）,同时手术前后Pd变化亦与术前左心房大小无显著相关（P=0.208）。结论尽管阵发性房颤Pd与左心房大小无关,但成功的环肺静脉隔离导管射频消融手术本身即能显著减少Pmax和Pd,提示其对阵发性房颤患者心房内非均质性电活动具有改善作用。     

射频导管消融电学隔离心脏大静脉治疗阵发性心房颤动的临床应用

目的评价射频导管消融电学隔离心脏大静脉预防阵发性心房颤动(房颤)发作的疗效。方法83例患者,男性58例、女性25例,年龄15～76平均(605±185)岁,有阵发性房颤病史2～15年,曾服数种抗心律失常药物疗效不佳。41例患者合并有高血压病,所有患者均无明显器质性心脏病改变。常规行心脏大静脉造影,测量靶静脉直径,将10极肺静脉环状标测导管(Lasso导管)放置在靶静脉开口内05cm处,以Lasso导管为指导,把温控大头电极导管放置于靶静脉开口处行电学隔离。结果83例患者共电学隔离大静脉343条。包括左上肺静脉(LSPV)83条,右上肺静脉(RSPV)83条,左下肺静脉(LIPV)82条,右下肺静脉(RIPV)42条,上腔静脉(SVC)53条,其中2例LSPV与LIPV共同开口。每条肺静脉行1～4段消融(平均每条消融25段),即刻电学隔离成功大静脉337条。随访2～31个月,其中50例停服抗心律失常药物后无房颤发生,13例患者房颤发作明显减少,20例患者房颤发作消融前后无明显变化。并发症有2例术中出现左侧大量胸腔积血,1例心肺复苏5天后出现脑死亡。发现肺静脉狭窄21例,其中轻度狭窄15例,重度狭窄6例,无肺静脉闭塞。结论(1)成功的心脏大静脉电学隔离治疗阵发性房颤的总有效率达到75%左右;(2)由于很难确定靶肺静脉,成功电学隔离各心脏大静脉有可能提高治愈率;(3)此     

阵发性心房颤动患者肺静脉与心房电连接特征的临床研究

目的 总结阵发性心房颤动(房颤)患者肺静脉的电生理标测和导管射频消融电隔离的结果，评估中国人肺静脉与心房的电连接类型和特点。方法 顽固性阵发性房颤患者43例，在环状标测电极指导下行肺静脉电位(PVP)记录和分析，并对能标测到PVP的肺静脉进行开口部的点或段的消融电隔离治疗。根据窦性心律和心房起搏下的肺静脉内环形标测电报导管标测到的PVP的激动顺序，以及有效放电对PVP的影响，分析和总结肺静脉与心房之间的电连接特点。结果 共标调和域电隔离肺静脉100根，其中呈单束状电连接35根(35％)，双束状电连接48根(48％)，多束状电连接11根(11％)，环状电连接3根，无电连接3根。结论 根据环状电报标测到的PVP激动顺序和对放电的反应，提示肺静脉与心房之间电连接的类型多为单束状和双束状(83％)，说明对于大多数肺静脉不必进行环状消融，而只需在肺静脉与心房连接处进行点状或节段性消融即可达到完全电隔离的效果。     

射频导管消融进行心房-肺和/或上腔静脉电隔离治疗阵发性心房颤动

目的　总结射频导管消融行心房 肺和 /或上腔静脉 (大静脉 )电隔离治疗阵发性心房颤动 (房颤 )的疗效。方法　选择发作频繁、症状明显 ,药物治疗无效的 10 0例阵发性房颤患者 ,男性 72例、女性 2 8例 ,年龄 2 7～ 75(54± 10 )岁 ,均无瓣膜病等器质性心脏病依据。在环状标测电极导管 (Lasso导管 )指导下行心内电生理标测和心房 靶大静脉 (指术中标测证实为房颤相关的肺静脉或上腔静脉 )电隔离和 /或经验性大静脉电隔离 (指术中无心律失常发作而不能明确房颤相关大静脉 ,主要对双上肺静脉和左下肺静脉进行电隔离 )。结果　 10 0例患者共接受电隔离治疗 12 0次。行单纯心房 靶大静脉电隔离 2 2例 ,经验性大静脉电隔离 78例 ,共电隔离大静脉 2 68根 ,其中肺静脉 2 44根 ,上腔静脉 2 4根。即刻电隔离成功 2 57根 (96% )。平均随访 (2 2 9± 177)d ,随访期内停用所有抗心律失常药物 (部分患者服小剂量β受体阻滞剂 ) ,无房颤发作 65例 (65% ) ,房颤发作明显减少 12例 (2例服用胺碘酮后 ,12 % ) ,总有效率 77%。并发症包括脑卒中 2例 ;肺静脉狭窄 9例 ,其中单支轻度狭窄 7例 ,2支重度狭窄 1例(均为 2次消融 ) ,左上肺静脉完全闭塞 1例 ;术后心包积液 2例。并发症的总发生率为 13 %。结论　(1)使用Lasso导管     

The immunoneuroendocrine role of melatonin

Abstract: A tight, physiological link between the pineal gland and the immune system is emerging from a series of experimental studies. This link might reflect the evolutionary connection between self-recognition and reproduction. Pinealectomy or other experimental methods which inhibit melatonin synthesis and secretion induce a state of immunodepression which is counteracted by melatonin. In general, melatonin seems to have an immunoenhancing effect that is particularly apparent in immunodepressive states. The negative effect of acute stress or immunosuppressive pharmacological treatments on various immune parameters are counteracted by melatonin. It seems important to note that one of the main targets of melatonin is the thymus, i.e., the central organ of the immune system. The clinical use of melatonin as an immunotherapeutic agent seems promising in primary and secondary immunodeficiencies as well as in cancer immunotherapy. The immunoenhancing action of melatonin seems to be mediated by T-helper cell-derived opioid peptides as well as by lymphokines and, perhaps, by pituitary hormones. Melatonin-induced-immuno-opioids (MHO) and lymphokines imply the presence of specific binding sites or melatonin receptors on cells of the immune system. On the other hand, lymphokines such as -γ-interferon and interleukin-2 as well as thymic hormones can modulate the synthesis of melatonin in the pineal gland. The pineal gland might thus be viewed as the crux of a sophisticated immunoneuroendocrine network which functions as an unconscious, diffuse sensory organ.     

Changes in connexin43, the gap junction protein of astrocytes, during development of the rat pineal gland

Abstract: The abundance of gap junctions between rat pineal astrocytes formed by connexin43 (Cx43) was studied during development. Levels and distribution of Cx43 were measured by immunoblotting and indirect immunofluorescence, respectively. The amount of Cx43 in cells located within the gland was low until about the 7th postnatal day and increased to adult values between the 14th and 21st days postpartum. Although astrocytes, recognized by their vimentin immunoreactivity, were scarce before birth, they were abundant by the 7th postnatal day suggesting that the low levels of Cx43 found at this age corresponded to a low expression of this protein. Localization of the immunoreactivity to Cx43 and vimentin showed a close correlation, indicating that mature or immature pineal astrocytes form gap junctions made of Cx43. Since Cx43 levels attained their adult values at about the time the innervation and the functional state of the gland reached maturity (2–3 weeks after birth), it is proposed that astrocyte gap junctions are involved in the function of the adult rat pineal gland.     

Response of rat pineal melatonin to calcium, magnesium, and lithium is circadian stage dependent

Abstract: Herein we documented the response of pineal melatonin production to electrolytes known to be effective on pineal function in view of a possible circadian stage dependence. We studied the release of melatonin by perifused rat pineal glands at 2 different circadian stages corresponding to the middle of the light and dark periods, i.e., respectively, 7 and 19 HALO (Hours After Light Onset, L:D = 12:12). The initial efflux rates were, as expected, much higher in the perifusates of glands removed from rats sacrificed during the dark phase than of those removed during the light phase. After 3 hr of perifusion, melatonin release reached similar levels which were found constant up to the 8th hr of perifusion, whatever the circadian stage. Perifusion of the glands with physiological concentrations for the rat of calcium (5.2 mmol/1) and magnesium (1.34 mmol/1) resulted in a stimulatory effect on the pineal glands removed from rats sacrificed in the middle of the dark period (19 HALO), whereas no effects were observed on the pineal glands removed from rats sacrificed during the light (7 HALO). Lithium (0.28 and 0.55 mmol/1) was ineffective on melatonin release in pineal glands removed 7 and 19 HALO. Our results show differences in the initial efflux rates of melatonin and in the response of perifused pineal glands to calcium and magnesium according to the circadian stage.     

Conservative management of perforated duodenal diverticulum： A case report and review of the literature

Duodenal diverticula are a relatively common condition. They are asymptomatic, unless they become complicated, with perforation being the rarest but most severe complication. Surgical treatment is the most frequently performed approach. We report the case of a patient with a perforated duodenal diverticulum, which was diagnosed early and treated conservatively with antibiotics and percutaneous drainage of secondary retroperitoneal abscesses. We suggest this method could be an acceptable option for the management of similar cases, provided that the patient is in good general condition and without septic signs.     

Presence of immunoreactive growth hormone and prolactin in the ovine pineal gland

Abstract: The use of antisera raised against bovine growth hormone (GH) and ovine prolactin (PRL) enabled the detection of related immunoreactive (ir) sequences of proteins in ovine pineal tissue. The isolation of PRL-like ir-material was accomplished using a 0.25 M ammonium sulphate (pH 5.5) extraction followed by ethanol precipitation, whereas the resulting 2.0 M ammonium sulphate (pH 7.0) precipitate contained a GH-like immunoreactivity. Gel chromatography of the GH-like immunoreactivity (Sephadex G-100) indicated the presence of several GH-like fragments ranging in the M_r range of 7,000 to 55,000. Analyses of the PRL-like ir-material found in pineal tissue on HPLC using a TSK 545-DEAE column led to the resolution into a single peak of immunoreactivity. A single peak of activity was also observed following chromatofocusing and hydrophobic interaction chromatography of the ir-peak from the TSK 545-DEAE column. The PRL-like ir-material inhibited the binding of [¹²⁵I]ovine PRL-S14 to anti-ovine PRL antibodies without showing an affinity for binding to anti-rat PRL or anti-bovine GH antibodies. Scatchard analysis of the binding of pineal PRL-like ir-material and pituitary ovine PRL-S14 to liver membranes from day-20 pregnant rats revealed similar affinity constants (K_a of 4.7 ± 0.2 × 10⁹ M^-1). In addition, the replication of Nb 2 Node rat lymphoma cells was stimulated by pineal PRL-like ir-material, an effect known to be specific for lactogenic hormones. The pineal PRL-like immunoreactivity appeared on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gels as a single major band of M_r 24,000. The functional status of PRL-and GH-like ir-material in the ovine pineal remains to be determined, but evidence is presented that the overall protein synthesis rate of the rat pineal responded to circulating concentrations of PRL.     

Microbiology of human immunodeficiency virus anorectal disease

PURPOSE: Individuals who are seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus are at high risk for opportunistic infection and anorectal disorders. Little prospective information is available regarding anorectal pathogens in these patients. METHODS: One hundred sixty-three HIV-seropositive patients presented to the colorectal clinic between 1989 and 1992. Forty-seven (29 percent) patients were thought to have an infectious process and were prospectively studied using a standardized multiculture protocol. RESULTS: Mean age was 33 (range, 19–59) years. All were male; high-risk behavior accounted for 87 percent of HIV transmissions. Presenting complaints included anorectal pain (79 percent), pus per anum (28 percent), and blood per anum (26 percent). Examination revealed perianal tenderness (60 percent), condyloma (38 percent), perianal ulcers (38 percent), and anal fissures (34 percent). Sixty-six sets of cultures were performed; 28 patients had one set, 15 had two sets, and 4 had three sets. Thirty-two of these 47 patients (68 percent) had positive cultures including herpes (50 percent), cytomegalovirus (25 percent),Neisseria gonorrhoeae (16 percent), chlamydia (16 percent), acidfast bacilli (2 percent), and others (9 percent). Six of 32 patients with positive cultures had more than one organism cultured. Sixteen (50 percent) patients with positive cultures were treated medically, 8 (25 percent) were treated surgically and 8 (25 percent) were treated with both modalities. Sixty-one procedures were performed on 17 patients for condylomata. Eighteen patients had 20 procedures for abscesses, 50 percent of whom had positive cultures for other than common bowel flora; all improved. Fourteen patients underwent 33 procedures for perianal fistulas.Mycobacterium fortuitum was cultured from one patient who required 13 procedures for abscesses and fistulas. Forty-five (96 percent) patients were followed for an average of 12.5 months ±2.9 SEM (range, 1–94 months). Symptoms were improved or resolved in 22 of 32 (69 percent) patients with positive cultures and in 11 of 13 (84 percent) with negative cultures. CONCLUSIONS: Specific pathogens may often be identified in human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive patients with anorectal disorders if aggressively sought. Although patients without specific pathogens identified may be expected to improve with planned empiric treatment, positive identification allows more directed therapy.