Aortic root dilatation may alter the dimensions of the valve leaflets

Objective: Valve-sparing surgery can be used in patients with dilated aortic roots and aortic insufficiency (AI) but has not become a common practice, in part because the spared valve may be incompetent. Our goal was to study how the dimensions of the aortic root and leaflets have changed in such patients. Methods: Fourteen patients with dilated aortic root and AI were examined by transesophageal echocardiography. The annulus diameter, sinotubular junction (STJ) diameter, sinus height, leaflet free-edge length, and leaflet height were measured. Correlations among these dimensions and with the AI grades were explored. Measurements were also made in 19 normal human aortic valves from silicone molds. Results: There was no evident change in the average diameter of the annulus between the normal valves and those in the dilated aortic roots. The STJ diameter was obviously increased in the dilated aortic roots; the aortic sinuses also appeared to be taller and the leaflets larger than normal. The leaflet free-edge length, the leaflet height, and the sinus height were found to increase with the dilated STJ diameter. The degree of AI was not found to correlate well with any of the dimensions measured. Conclusions: The dimensions of the leaflets may change parallel to aortic root dilatation with AI. Therefore, during valve sparing, it may be necessary to correct both the dilatation of the root and the leaflet free-edge length to achieve a competent valve.     

主动脉窦瘤破裂的外科治疗

报告３７例主动脉窦瘤破裂手术治疗结果。着重介绍手术方法，主张采用主动脉根部和窦瘤破入心腔的双切口，切除、修补窦瘤的同时矫正合并畸形。伴主动脉瓣膜垂致中度关闭不全者，主张行主动脉瓣替换术。术后早期死亡１例，余３５例随访６个月－１４年，心功能恢复良好。     

米非司酮治疗异位妊娠68例疗效观察

目的评价米非司酮用于保守治疗异位妊娠的疗效。方法所选病例均住院治疗，予口服米非司酮50mg，每天两次，连服6天，定期复查B超和测定血p—HCG水平以观察疗效。结果68例异位妊娠患者的治疗，治愈46例，治愈率67．7％。结论米非司酮保守治疗异位妊娠疗效确切，副作用小。     

Ductal shunting and effective systemic blood flow following single dose surfactant treatment in the premature baboon with hyaline membrane disease.

We studied the hemodynamic effects of using natural surfactant in premature baboons with hyaline membrane disease (HMD). Study animals (n = 5) received a single dose of surfactant immediately after delivery and control animals (n = 8) did not. Using microspheres at 3, 8, and 23 h we found no significant differences in left ventricular output, effective systemic flow, systemic-to-pulmonary patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) shunting, or in cerebral or renal organ blood flow. However, both groups had large PDA shunts (fraction of LVO to lungs greater than 0.40-0.55 at 3 and 8 h) resulting in low systemic perfusion (less than 80 ml/min/kg). Single dose surfactant did not improve the myocardial dysfunction and low cerebral and renal blood flow which occur during treatment for HMD.     

二步冷冻保存同种异体骨-ACL-骨移植后排斥反应的影响

目的 :探讨新鲜异体和二步冷冻保存同种异体骨 前交叉韧带 (ACL) 骨移植后排斥反应的差异。方法 :将 6 0只新西兰兔和 6 0只日本大耳兔分别随机分成自体骨 ACL 骨移植组、新鲜异体骨 ACL 骨移植组和二步冷冻保存同种异体骨 ACL 骨移植组 ,分别于术前及术后 1周、2周、3周、4周各采血 2ml测定血清中白细胞介素 2 (IL 2 )水平 ,术后 4周、12周切取移植关节 ,作苏木精 -伊红染色。结果 :光镜下检查显示 ,自体移植组和二步冷冻保存移植组均未见明显炎性细胞浸润 ,胶原排列规则 ,分化成熟。新鲜异体移植组有大量淋巴细胞浸润 ,其IL 2水平明显高于自体移植组和二步冷冻保存同种异体移植组且高于术前水平 (P <0 .0 1)。结论 :二步冷冻减轻了同种异体骨 ACL 骨移植后排斥反应 ,移植后其组织学改变同自体移植相似     

激光光凝联合玻璃体腔注气治疗玻璃体切割术后再发黄斑孔

目的 探讨激光光凝联合玻璃体腔注气治疗玻璃体切割术后再发与未愈黄斑孔的疗效。方法 应用COHERENT Omni多波长激光光凝黄斑裂孔底部的视网膜色素上皮层。随后眼内注入20％C3F80．5～0．8ml并置换出玻璃体腔液体。治疗后每天坚持俯卧位。结果 19只眼中16只眼黄斑孔愈合，成功率为84．2％，视力提高15只眼，占78．9％，未出现严重的并发症。结论 应用激光光凝联合眼内注气治疗玻璃体切割术后再发与未愈黄斑孔具有方法简单、费用低、疗效确定、大部分患者无须住院等优点。     

劳动复合方案对小鼠血浆心钠素和耐力的实验研究

昆明种小鼠56只，在两个海拔高度上（300m和5000m）各分为两个组（对照组和复合组），分别给予相应的处理因素后，检测其血浆ANP水平和游泳时间。结果表明，小鼠在海拔5000m生活48h后，其血浆ANP较海拔300m小鼠降低52．87％，而其游泳时间则增长91．59％；在两个海拔高度上，复合组血浆ANP都较对照组降低，而游泳时间都长于对照组．提示复合方案提高高原劳动能力的机理，可能与降低体内血浆ANP水平有关。     

Similarities and differences in mechanisms of cardiotoxins, melittin and other myotoxins

Myonecrosis induced in vivo by cardiotoxin, melittin, and Asp49 and Lys49 phospholipase A₂ (PLA₂) myotoxins involves rapid lysis of the sarcolemma, myofibril clumping, and hypercontraction of sarcomeres. In contrast, skeletal muscle necrosis induced by crotamine and myotoxin a is much slower, consisting of mitochondrial and sarcoplasmic reticulum swelling, myofibril degeneration, and lack of sarcolemma or transverse tubule damage. The mechanisms contributing to the myonecrosis induced by these peptides were evaluated. Two cardiotoxins and two Lys49 PLA₂ myotoxins lysed primary cultures of human skeletal muscle within 24 hr at a concentration of 0.25 μM, while melittin, crotamine, and myotoxin a, and an Asp49 PLA₂ myotoxin were non-cytolytic at concentrations up to 5.0 μM, suggesting that cytolysis is not a good measure of myotoxicity. Crotamine and the Lys49 PLA₂ myotoxin altered Ca²⁺ ion flux in human heavy sarcoplasmic reticulum by opening the ryanodine receptor. Whole-cell patch-clamp studies demonstrated that administrating crotamine intracellularly increased Na⁺ currents. Free fatty acids, liberated by activation of tissue phospholipase C or by the PLA₂ activity of the myotoxins, were monitored for crotamine, myotoxin a and a Lys49 PLA₂ myotoxin in cell cultures in which the lipids had been radiolabeled. Only the Lys49 myotoxin produced significant amounts of fatty acid in cell cultures, supporting a potential role for fatty acid production only in the mechanism of sarcolemma-destroying myotoxins. These findings, coupled with those in the literature, support a hypothesis in which the myotoxins and/or products of lipase activity (e.g. fatty acids) are acting at a site existing on both the Na⁺ channel and a protein involved in Ca²⁺ release and probably serving a modulatory function for ion regulation. Based on the similarities in mechanisms between the toxins and fatty acids, the most likely site would be a fatty acid binding site on the protein (either similar to that on fatty acid binding proteins, or an acylated cysteine residue) or in the membrane.