Triglyceride Deposit Cardiomyovasculopathy with Massive Myocardial Triglyceride which Was Proven Using Proton-magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

The patient was a 73-year-old man with a history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, rheumatoid arthritis, repeated percutaneous coronary intervention and percutaneous peripheral intervention procedures. He was frequently admitted to our hospital for congestive heart failure with orthopnea. The myocardial washout rate of iodine-123-β-methyl iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid was defective on scintigraphy. He was diagnosed with triglyceride deposit cardiomyovasculopathy (TGCV). Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (¹H-MRS) indicated the level of myocardial triglyceride (TG) content to be extremely high (4.92%). This is the first report to confirm a massive accumulation of TG in the myocardium of a patient with TGCV using ¹H-MRS noninvasively.     

紫外分光光度法测定阿替洛尔缓释微囊含量

目的：建立以紫外分光光度法测定阿替洛尔缓释微囊含量的方法。方法：将阿替洛尔缓释微囊研磨破碎,转移至容量瓶中,稀释后,在224nm处进行含量测定。结果：阿替洛尔在224nm处有最大吸收,辅料对测定无干扰。标准曲线方程：A=0.0355C+0.0014,线性范围为2.5～20.0μg·ml-1。回收率98.81%～99.36%,精密度和稳定性RSD均在2%以内,符合《中国药典》的要求。     

一种野战卫生装备维修作业平台的研制

目的 :研制一种检修作业平台,实现野战卫生装备的快速检测与维修。方法 :以装配的某型野战卫生装备维修车为机体进行优化设计,引入维修PDCA循环模型,利用计算机技术自动分析装备的可维修性。结果:该平台可以自动优化选择维修方案,自动控制作业环境,装载布局合理。结论:该平台操作简单、方便实用,能够完成多种野战卫生装备的快速抢修和检测。     

Characteristics and outcomes of recurrent atrial fibrillation after prior failed pulmonary vein isolation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology - The mechanisms for atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) catheter ablation are unclear. Non-PV organized...     

卡泊芬净联合万古霉素治疗肾移植术后肺部感染的疗效观察

目的 评价卡泊芬净联合万古霉素治疗肾移植术后肺部感染患者的疗效。方法 选取西安交通大学第一附属医院2018年8月-2019年10月收治的肾移植术后肺部感染患者122例为研究对象,按照随机数表法将患者分为对照组和观察组,每组各61例。对照组患者静脉滴注注射用盐酸去甲万古霉素,250 mg/次,采用0.9%氯化钠注射液250 mL溶解,滴注时间>1 h,12 h/次。用药3 d后,根据血药浓度谷峰值调整给药剂量。观察组患者在对照组的基础上静脉滴注注射用醋酸卡泊芬净,首次给药剂量为70 mg,使用200 mL葡萄糖溶液溶解,第2天开始以维持剂量为50 mg治疗,1次/d。两组疗程均为14 d。观察两组患者的临床疗效,比较两组治疗前后的肾功能指标、肺功能指标及血气指标水平。结果 治疗后,观察组治疗后总有效率为91.80%,显著高于对照组的77.05%,两组总有效率比较差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05）;治疗后,观察组细菌完全清除率为34.43%,显著高于对照组的14.75%,两组细菌完全清除率比较差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）。两组患者治疗后尿微量白蛋白/肌酐比值（ACR）、血肌酐（Scr）、尿β2-微球蛋白均显著升高（P<0.05）,组间比较观差异无统计学意义。两组患者治疗后肺功能指标第1秒用力呼气容积用力呼气容积（FEV₁）、第1秒用力呼气容积占预计值百分比（FEV₁% pred）和FEV₁/FVC均显著升高（P<0.05）,治疗后,观察组肺功能指标水平显著高于对照组,差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05）。治疗后,两组患者的动脉血氧饱和度（SaO₂）、动脉血氧分压（pO₂）和氧合指数（OI）均显著升高,动脉血二氧化碳分压（pCO₂）显著降低,同组治疗前后比较差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05）;治疗后,观察组患者的SaO₂、pO₂、OI显著高于对照组,pCO₂明显低于对照组（P<0.05）。结论 卡泊芬净联合万古霉素治疗肾移植术后肺部感染具有可靠的应用价值,能够有效抑制患者肺部感染,卡泊芬净与万古霉素联合应用起效迅速,但仍需根据患者实际情况合理选择用药。     

Cautions on the laboratory indicators of COVID‐19 patients on and during admission

BackgroundDifferent disease severities of COVID‐19 patients could be reflected on clinical laboratory findings.MethodsIn this single‐centered retrospective study, demographic, clinical, and laboratory indicators on and during admission were compared among 74 participants with mild, moderate, critical severe, or severe classification. Risk factors associated with disease severity were analyzed by multivariate analyses. The AUC and 95% CI of the ROC curve were calculated.ResultsThe most common manifestations of these patients were fever and cough. Critical severe or severe group owned the longest length of stay (23 (19,31), p < 0.001). After multivariate logistic regression, independent influence factors on admission for severity of disease were CK‐MB (OR 0.674; 95% CI 0.489–0.928; p = 0.016), LDH (OR 1.111 or 1.107; 95% CI 1.026–1.204 or 1.022–1.199; p = 0.009 or 0.013), normal T‐BIL (OR 4.58 × 10⁻⁸; 95% CI 3.05 × 10⁻⁹–6.88 × 10⁻⁷; p < 0.001), LYM% (OR 0.008; 95% CI 0–0.602; p = 0.029), and normal ESR (OR 0.016; 95% CI 0–0.498; p = 0.019). Factors during hospitalization were normal T‐BIL (OR 8.56 × 10⁻⁹; 95% CI 8.30 × 10⁻¹⁰–8.83 × 10⁻⁸; p < 0.001), LYM (OR 0.068; 95% CI 0.005–0.934; p = 0.044), albumin (OR 0.565; 95% CI 0.327–0.977; p = 0.041), and normal NEU% (OR 0.013; 95% CI 0.000–0.967; p = 0.048). Combined indicators of AUC were 0.860 (LYM, LDH, and normal ESR on admission, p < 0.001) and 0.750 (CK‐MB, LDH, and normal T‐BIL during hospitalization, p = 0.020) when predicting for severe or critical severe patients.ConclusionTo pay close attention to the progression of COVID‐19 and take measures promptly, we should be cautious of the laboratory indicators when patients on admission especially CK‐MB, LDH, LYM%, T‐BIL as well as ESR; and T‐BIL, LYM, albumin, NEU% with the process of disease.     

Transvenous shock‐only implantable cardioverter defibrillator after an atrio‐pulmonary Fontan surgery

A 42‐year‐old woman with tricuspid atresia who underwent a Fontan surgery (atrio‐pulmonary connection) was admitted to our hospital due to symptomatic ventricular tachycardia (VT). A defibrillation lead was implanted in a distal site of a coronary vein since there was no usual entry to the ventricle. Ventricular pacing was impossible due to the high threshold, however, good sensing was obtained. Three years later, she felt palpitations and a subsequent shock therapy while climbing stairs. The cardioverter data showed that an appropriate cardioversion therapy successfully converted VT to normal rhythm.     

Brain-targeting delivery for RNAi neuroprotection against cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury

Nanoparticles (NPs) with modification of brain-targeting molecules have been extensively exploited for therapeutic gene delivery across the blood–brain barrier (BBB). As one of the effective RNA interference (RNAi) approaches, short hairpin RNA (shRNA) has been proved to be promising in the field of gene therapy. Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (Ask1) has been reported to be an important target for gene therapy against cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury. In this study, dendrigraft poly-l-lysine (DGL) was decorated by dermorphin (a μ-opiate receptor agonist) through PEG for efficient brain-targeting, then complexed with anti-Ask1 shRNA plasmid DNA, yielding the DGL-PEG-dermorphin/shRNA NPs. The DGL-PEG-dermorphin/shRNA NPs were characterized and estimated the brain-targeting ability. In vitro, increased cellular uptake and transfection efficiency were explored; in vivo, preferable accumulation and gene transfection in brain were showed in images. The DGL-PEG-dermorphin/shRNA NPs also revealed high efficiency of neuroprotection. As a result of RNAi, corresponding mRNA was distinctly degraded, expression of Ask1 protein was obviously suppressed, apoptotic cell death was apparently decreased and cerebral infarct area was significantly reduced. Above all, DGL-PEG-dermorphin/shRNA NPs were proved to be efficient and safe for brain-targeting RNAi neuroprotection against cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury.     

Allium sativum‐derived allitridin inhibits treg amplification in cytomegalovirus infection

This study investigated the effects of allitridin compound on murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV)‐induced regulatory T cell (Treg; CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁺) amplification in vivo and in vitro. One hundred twenty MCMV‐infected mice were allocated at random into two groups for treatment with allitridin or placebo. Another 120 mock‐infected mice were randomly allocated as controls for the allitridin treatment and placebo treatment groups. The mice were euthanized at various time points after infection (out to 120 days) to evaluate the effects of treatment on Treg presence and function, as well as MCMV infective load. Co‐culture with mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEF) and MCMV was performed to evaluate allitridin‐mediated Treg and anti‐CMV effects. The maximum tolerance concentration (MTC) of allitridin was used to treat cells for 3 days. Changes in Foxp3 mRNA and protein levels, percentages of T cell subsets, and Treg‐related cytokines (IL‐10 and TGF‐β) were measured. Allitridin treatment did not influence Foxp3 expression and Treg proportion in uninfected mice, but did down‐regulate each in infected mice during the chronic infection period. Additionally, allitridin treatment reduced the MCMV load in salivary glands. MTC allitridin treatment of co‐cultures partially blocked MCMV induction of Foxp3 mRNA and protein expression. In vitro treatment with allitridin also increased significantly the percentages of Tc1, Tc2, and Th1, reduced the secreted levels of IL‐10 and TGF‐β1, and significantly suppressed viral loads. In conclusion, allitridin can promote MCMV‐induced Treg expansion and Treg‐mediated anti‐MCMV immunosuppression. Therefore, allitridin may be useful as a therapeutic agent to enhance the specific cellular immune responses against CMV. J. Med. Virol. 85:493–500, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Clinical and molecular epidemiology of norovirus infection in adults with acute gastroenteritis in Ji’nan, China

Acute gastroenteritis caused by human noroviruses (NoVs) has become an important public health problem worldwide. This study was carried out to investigate the rates of NoV infections and the genetic characteristics of NoVs in adult outpatients with acute gastroenteritis in Ji’nan, a large eastern city in China. A total of 480 fecal samples were collected from outpatients at the Shandong University Qilu Hospital between June 2010 and May 2011. Of the collected samples, 42 (42/480, 8.75 %) were positive for NoVs by RT-PCR, and seven different genotypes were identified: GI-1, GI-4, GII-1, GII-3, GII-4, GII-6 and GII-13, of which GII-4 was the most prevalent (29/42, 69.0 %). Phylogenetic and Simplot analyses showed that three recombinant strains were detected: two GII-4 polymerase/GII-3 capsid recombinants and one GII-6 polymerase/GII-4 capsid recombinant. This study indicated that NoV was a common causative agent of sporadic acute gastroenteritis in adults in Ji’nan, China, and that NoV GII-4 was the predominant strain during this period. Three recombinant strains were identified in which GII-6 polymerase/GII-4 capsid was detected for the first time in China.