Vasoactive eicosanoids in the rat heart: Clues to a contributory role of cardiac throm☐ane to post-ischaemic hyperaemia

To assess the potential role of vasoactive cardiac eicosanoids in the modulation of coronary flow, we measure thromboxane(TX)B2, 6-keto-prostaglandin(PG)F1 alpha, PGE2 and sulphido-peptide leukotrienes (LTC4, D4, E4) in the coronary effluent of isolated perfused rat heart in both baseline and post-ischaemic conditions. Leukotrienes were undetectable. The order of production rate for the other eicosanoids was 6-keto-PGF1 alpha > TXB2 > PGE2. Production of such substances was increased about seven-fold over control after 5 min. global ischaemia; experiments with hypoxia showed that this was due to an actual increase in synthesis and not to a washout effect. A platelet source for TXB2 was excluded by 111In platelet labelling experiments. We assessed relative sensitivity to inhibition of cardiac TX synthesis relative to production of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha to inhibition by aspirin, ibuprofen, diclofenac and the specific thromboxane synthase inhibitor OKY-046. Aspirin, ibuprofen and diclofenac decreased 6-keto-PGF1 alpha production at a concentration always greater than required for a similar extent of TX inhibition. On the other hand a selective inhibition (> 90%) of TX was observed in the presence of OKY-046. Regression analysis of various 6-keto-PGF1 alpha/TXB2 ratios, as obtained in these different conditions, vs coronary flow, showed no correlation in baseline conditions, but a significant positive correlation (r = 0.59, P < 0.01) for post-ischaemic values. These data suggest a role for cardiac eicosanoids, including a non-platelet, cardiac-derived TX, in modulating the hyperaemic response in the isolated rat heart.     

Bipolar Stimulation of Cardiac Tissue Using an Anisotropic Bidomain Model

Bipolar Stimulation of the Cardiac Bidomain. Introduction: One of the fundamental electrophysiologic problems that has not yet been completely elucidated is the response of cardiac tissue to externally applied electric currents. A limited number of theoretical and experimental techniques has been used to study the electric behavior of cardiac tissue in the presence of stimulating currents, and to demonstrate that the anisotropy in the passive electrical properties of the tissue plays an important role in the genesis and propagation of the activation wave-front and the resulting potential distributions.
Methods and Results: In this work we have applied the finite element method to study the electric and magnetic fields produced by cardiac tissue in response to bipolar current injection, using a linear bidomain model to represent the tissue. We found that the transmembrane potential distribution close to the stimulus electrode has a rather complex geometrical pattern, with adjacent hyperpolarized and depolarized regions.
Conclusion: This behavior is consistent with previous theoretical and experimental results and may have implications in the study of electrical stimulation of cardiac tissue that are not apparent using other models.     

雷公藤氯内酯醇对大鼠异位心脏移植免疫抑制作用的实验研究

本研究应用纯系大鼠（Ｌｏｕ→Ｆ３４４）心脏移植模型，比较分析了ＣｓＡ和不同剂量Ｔ４治疗组的移植心脏存活时间、病理损害计分以及移植受体大鼠脾单个核细胞ＩＬ－２生成活性和血清ｓＩＬ－２Ｒ水平，证实Ｔ４可明显延长移植心脏存活时间和减少移植排异反应程度。此研究结果表明Ｔ４具有较强的抗移植排异作用。     

Effect of atrial pacing therapy with selective pacing algorithms on paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia among the elderly. Its incidence increases dramatically with increasing age and decreasing left ventrieular function, peaking in subjects with overt congestive heart failure, Because of the unsatisfactory efficacy and possible serious side effects of clinically available anti-AF drugs for AF patients with sick sinus syndrome, pacing techniques have recently been applied in the treatment of AF. The cardiac pacemaker Vitatron     

球囊漂浮电极床旁临时心脏起搏的临床评价

目的探讨球囊漂浮电极床旁心脏临时起搏方法的可行性。方法对216例因多种心律失常需要临时心脏起搏的患者应用球囊漂浮电极导管进行心脏临时起搏，通过分析起搏心电图图形特点和术中并发症，判断该起搏方法的可行性。结果216例患者穿刺及送管均获成功，无严重并发症发生。3例起搏后死于原发病，9例起搏后自身心律未恢复安置永久起搏器，2例心房颤动合并PR长间期患者起搏后安置永久起搏器，38例行预防起搏。结论在体表心电图的指导下应用球囊漂浮电极导管进行心脏临时起搏是一项安全有效、可行的起搏方法，操作简便、快捷、成功率高，值得临床广泛应用。     

听性脑干反应和听觉相关电位测试对聋儿听力的评估

目的:探讨听性脑干反应(ABR)和40 Hz听觉相关电位(40Hz AERP)测试的相关性及对聋儿听力评估的重要性。方法:对401例6岁以下聋儿行ABR和40Hz AERP测试并比较。结果:ABR测试无反应者为589耳(73.4％),40 Hz AERP测试无反应者为311耳(19.4％),前者明显高于后者(P<0.01)。两种测试中有残余听力的耳数随阈值的升高,检出率亦升高,结论:ABR测试只反映高频听阈,无反应率高,而40 Hz AERP可显示低、中频的听阈,无反应率低。两种测试应同时进行,可全面了解聋儿的听力损失情况。同时因聋儿多为重度聋,更应及早选配助听器。     

缺血预处理对心脏瓣膜置换手术围术期甲状腺激素代谢的影响及临床意义

目的 :了解缺血预处理对心脏瓣膜置换手术围术期甲状腺激素 (TH)代谢的影响及临床意义。方法 :选取 16例风湿性心脏病 (风心病 )瓣膜置换手术患者 ,随机均分为实验组 (IP组 )及对照组 (C组 ) ,IP组采取缺血预处理方案 ,对照组不采取预处理 ,其余同IP组。分别于术前、转流中 (最低温 )、再灌注后 5min ,停机、术后 2 ,2 4 ,4 8h采取血样 ,测定血清总三磺甲状腺原氨酸 (TT3 )、总四碘甲状腺原氨酸 (TT4)、游离三磺甲状腺原氨酸 (FT3 )、游离四碘甲状腺原氨酸 (FT4)、促甲状腺激素 (TSH)浓度 ,组内各时点与术前 ,两组之间各时点进行配对比较。结果 :TT3 和FT3 水平在转流最低温时降至最低点 ,术后 4 8h仍低于术前 ,但IP组术后 2 4～ 4 8h二者水平明显高于对照组 (均P <0 .0 5 ) ,两组T4,FT4水平术后 2 4h已恢复术至前水平 ,各时点间无明显差异 ;TSH水平术后 4 8h两组均低于术前 ;IP组无严重并发症发生 ,对照组有 2例发生低心排。结论 :风心病瓣膜置换手术围术期呈现低T3 综合征 ;缺血预处理可以减轻瓣膜置换手术围术期低T3 综合征的严重程度 ,有利于心功能的恢复     

浅谈急性心肌梗死患者的护理和保健指导

急性心肌梗死属冠心病的严重类型，男性多于女性，多发生于40岁以后。该病起病急，病情重，并发症较多，死亡率高。因此，临床护理人员恰当地做好护理和保健指导，对急性心肌梗死患者的治疗康复起着十分重要的作用。     

Phase-sensitive cardiac tagging--REALTAG.

Fully inverting spins, instead of merely saturating them, provides superior contrast for tagging procedures. The resulting improvement in tag contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) yields higher-precision tag detection. Also, thinner slices and hence reduced tag separations can be employed, providing displacement and strain measurements with better spatial resolution. Alternatively, the improved tag contrast can be used to obtain cine images covering a greater portion of the cardiac cycle. The use of standard magnitude reconstruction for images of these inversion tags causes rectification of the negative-valued signals from the tags, confounding the image interpretation. Therefore, a phase-sensitive reconstruction scheme of the inverted tags must be employed. Here we demonstrate the implementation of inverted tags with phase-sensitive reconstruction in a ramped-flip-angle, steady-state free precession (SSFP) sequence.     

Impaired cardiovascular autonomic function in Parkinson's disease with visual hallucinations.

We assessed the relations of visual hallucinations (VH) to cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The subjects were 37 patients without VH (VH(-)) and 31 with VH (VH(+)). Autonomic function was evaluated on the basis of cardiac 123-radioiodinated metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) uptake and hemodynamic testing with Valsalva maneuver. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and plasma norepinephrine concentrations (NE) were measured by tilt-table testing. 123I-MIBG uptake was lower in VH(+) than VH(-). Hemodynamic studies showed that VH(-) had only cardiac sympathetic and parasympathetic dysfunction, while VH(+) additionally had reduced vasomotor sympathetic functions. The fall in SBP during tilt-table testing was greater in VH(+) than VH(-). NE and its difference in the supine and upright positions were decreased in VH(+). We conclude that cardiac and vasomotor sympathetic dysfunction is more severe in VH(+) than in VH(-). Severe dysfunction in PD with VH is probably attributed to Lewy-body lesions or neuronal loss in sympathetic ganglia, the central autonomic system, or both.