Effect of artifacts due to flowing blood on the reproducibility of phase-contrast measurements of myocardial motion

The reproducibility of myocardial motion trajectories calculated from cine phase-contrast (PC) velocity data is reduced by artifacts due to the inconsistent motion of intracardiac blood. Spatial presaturation reduces these artifacts but requires a longer sequence TR, with a potentially negative effect on trajectory accuracy and reproducibility. We investigated the effect of spatial presaturation on trajectory reproducibility. A midventricular transaxial slice was imaged in five normal volunteers. The same slice was imaged three times each with sequences using spatial presaturation or not. Because the most serious artifacts originate in the heart chambers and propagate in the phase-encoded direction, myocardial regions that were in line with the heart chambers (in the phase-encode direction) had the highest artifact level in the scans without spatial presaturation. The reproducibility of trajectories for regions placed in these areas (the anterior wall, septum and posterior wall in the transaxial scans with phase encoding in the anterior-posterior direction) improved by a factor of two when presaturation was used (P < .001). In areas that were not in line with the heart chambers (eg, the anterior aspect of the lateral wall in the transaxial scans), the effect of presaturation was not significant. These results correlate well with the measured reduction in artifact level. The reproducibility of myocardial motion trajectories over large areas of the heart is improved to approximately 1 mm when presaturation is used. Therefore, use of presaturation is recommended for myocardial motion studies using cine PC velocity data.     

A study on various symptoms of chronic hepatitis treated with radix astragali and its regulative effect to levels of serum hormone

Sixty-seven cases of chronic hepatitis were treated with Radix Astragali. After treatment (2-month course), the clinical improvement rate in 38 cases of the Stagnation of the Liver-Qi and Deficiency of the Spleen type was 92.1%, and in 26 cases of the Deficiency of Liver Yin and Kidney Yin type was 88.5%, more effective than in the control group (P<0.05). The regulative effect to the levels of serum hormone was observed in the patients of the Stagnation of the Liver-Qi and Deficiency of the Spleen type treated with this medicine. The results showed that the levels of serum triiodothyronine, estradiol (female) and testosterone (male) were increased after treatment (1.40±1.38 ng/dl, 129.30±1.23 pg/ml and 496.24±1.47 ng/dl). Pre-treatment levels were 1.22±1.49 ng/dl, 104.60±1.45 pg/ml and 398. 17±1.55 ng/dl respectively (P<0.05); however, the level of serum prolactin (2.75±4.46 ng/ml) was lower after treatment than before treatment (3.20±3.82 ng/ml,P<0.05). No obvious changes were observed in the levels of serum follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone, thyroxine, triiodothyronine uptake ratio and cortisol after treatment.     

中国饮用水源水中藻类卫生标准的研究

为制定饮用水源中藻类限值 ,结合国内外文献调查研究毒理学试验和现场生态学调查资料 ,根据世界卫生组织 (WHO)和卫生部推荐的饮用水中微囊藻毒素MC -LR的限值、藻类生物量和MC -LR浓度关系以及毒理学实验所得到的藻类的无作用浓度而制定饮用水源中藻类限值。结果显示 ,推荐饮用水源中藻类三级限值分别为 :安全限值 :1.0× 10 4个 升 ;警戒限值 :2 .1× 10 5个 升 ;危险限值 :1.2× 10 6 个 升。提示饮用水源中藻类限值在日常工作中有显著意义和可行性     

神效止痛膏的镇痛作用

用二甲苯所致的急性炎症模型观察了神效止痛膏的抗急性炎症作用．用扭体法、热板法观察了神效止痛膏对小鼠的镇痛作用．结果表明，神效止痛膏有很好的镇痛作用．     

硫酸镍对红细胞毒性研究

健康小鼠腹腔注射硫酸镍10.0,5.0,2.5mg/kg,导致外周血中红细胞增高,血红蛋白不变或降低,红细胞中点彩红细胞和碱粒红细胞占有比值明显增高,网织红细胞含量升高、提示镍对外周血红细胞有毒性损害。     

胆囊切除术引流与不引流200例临床分析

胆囊切除术后是否行腹腔引流，外科医生意见不一．本文通过对２００例胆囊切除术的对比分析，总结了“引流”与“不引流”的利弊和经验。认为择期单纯胆囊切除不必常规放置引流，但对手术后有可能发生出血、胆漏的病例，在放与不放引流犹豫不决时，仍以放置引流为妥．本文同时提出了胆囊切除术引流与不引流的适应症．     

中老年人24小时动态血压变化的研究

目的探讨血压正常老年患者和老年高血压患者24h动态血压波动规律及与靶器官损害的关系.方法采用无创伤袖带式动态血压监测仪检测36例中年人(对照组),50例血压正常老年患者,60例老年高血压患者的动态血压.结果血压正常老年患者较中年血压正常者24h动态血压呈杓型曲线的比例明显下降.血压正常老年患者,血压昼夜波动曲线与心、脑、肾损害无相关性.老年高血压患者,血压曲线呈非杓型者比例增高,血压昼夜节律消失较节律正常的高血压患者有更显著的靶器官损害.结论对于非高血压患者,随年龄的增加,血压昼夜节律消失者增多,血压曲线变化与心、脑、肾损害无关,可能与原发病有关.对于高血压患者,血压昼夜节律紊乱可作为靶器官损害的预测因子.     

母血中胎儿有核红细胞的荧光原位杂交法在产前诊断中的可行性探讨

探讨荧光原位杂交法（FISH）对母血中胎儿有核红细胞（NRBC）进行无创性产前诊断的可行性。20例孕龄15-20周的孕妇外周血经不连续密度梯度离心、制片、显微镜下识别并共计数NRBC及定位，然后行Y染色体的FISH检测。结果发现10例孕男性胎儿的孕妇外周血细胞涂片中每例均有阳性杂交信号出现；阳性率为60％（24/40）。10例孕女性胎儿的孕妇外周血细胞涂片中1例出现阳性杂交信号；阴性率为95％（38/40），假阳性率仅为5％（2/40）。结果提示FISH法对于用母血中分离到的胎儿细胞进行染色体异常的无创性产前遗传学检查具有重要意义。     

乳腺肿瘤组织中Ⅰ型纤溶酶原激活物抑制剂的表达

探查乳腺肿瘤组织中Ⅰ型纤溶酶原激活物抑制剂（ＰＡＩ－１）的表达，并比较乳腺恶性肿瘤组织与良性纤继腺瘤及正常组织中ＰＡＩ－１的差异。用免疫组织化学和原位杂交的方法，确定了乳腺癌、乳腺纤维腺瘤及瘤旁正常组织中ＰＡＩ－１的分布；用发色底物法检测组织提取液中ＰＡＩ－１的活性；用图象分析的方法对组织切片上的ＰＡＩ－１进行灰度定量。结果：ＰＡＩ－１主要分布在乳腺正常腺上皮细胞、瘤上皮细胞和腺癌细胞的胞浆中，但恶性组织中的成纤维细胞、巨噬细胞以及癌旁纤维组织也有染色。癌组织中ＰＡＩ－１的活性（Ｐ＜０．００１）和含量（Ｐ＜０．００５）均高于良性乳腺纤维腺瘤及瘤旁正常组织。结论：ＰＡＩ－１在乳腺恶性肿瘤组织中明显升高，ＰＡＩ－１的检测可能为临床乳腺肿瘤的诊断、预后提供新的指标。