Comparison of flow capacities of arterial and venous grafts for coronary artery bypass grafting: evaluation with exercise thallium-201 single-photon emission tomography

Stress thallium-201 tomography was performed to compare the flow capacities of arterial and saphenous vein grafts in patients with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). One hundred and seven consecutive patients (95 male and 12 female; mean age 58±9.1 years) underwent exercise-redistribution ²⁰¹Tl myocardial single-photon emission tomography 4–5 weeks after CABG. When a reversible perfusion defect was present in the area covered by a patent bypass graft, the flow capacity of the graft was defined as insufficient. Of all 285 grafts, 211 were considered as complete bypass. Reversible perfusion defects were present in 29 (27%) of 108 myocardial areas supplied by patent arterial grafts but in only 5 (5%) of 103 myocardial areas supplied by patent saphenous vein grafts (P<0.0001). In the LAD area reversible defects were observed in 22 of 82 areas covered by arterial grafts, in contrast to only 1 of 29 areas covered by venous grafts (P<0.01); in the RCA area reversible defects were observed in 7 of 17 and 4 of 41 areas respectively (P<0.01). There was no difference between the native coronary artery stenosis bypassed by patent arterial and venous grafts (88%±12% vs 86%±14% respectively, P=0.27). In conclusion, flow capacities during peak myocardial demand were more frequently insufficient in arterial bypass grafts than in saphenous vein grafts. Received 23 May and in revised form 7 August 1997     

Comparison of stress-only vs. stress/rest with technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile myocardial perfusion imaging

Unlike conventional thallium-201 myocardial imaging, technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) requires separate stress and rest injections. We prospectively studied 148 consecutive patients referred for myocardial perfusion studies to determine the diagnostic value of rest images once normal exercise or dipyridamole tomographic images had been obtained. In patients referred with no history of previous myocardial infarction in whom the diagnosis of coronary artery disease was suspected, 45 of 109 (41%) patients had normal stress tomographic images. Obtaining rest images did not alter the final interpretation in any of these cases. From this we infer that in patients with normal images after exercise or dipyridamole administration and no past history of myocardial infarction, ^99mTc-MIBI rest images are not required. This provides several advantages including increased speed of diagnosis, decreased patient radiation exposure, improved cost efficiency and decreased demand on tomographic camera time. Offprint requests to: A.Y. Fung     

温针灸为主治疗前列腺增生症疗效观察

笔者于1998年2月～1999年12月应用温针灸为主治疗前列腺增生症51例,效果理想.现报道如下. 1临床资料 1.1病例选择全部98例观察病例均来自男科门诊.按随机法分为治疗组和对照组.其中治疗组51例,年龄最小49岁,最大72岁,平均56.3岁;病程最短2年,最长5年,平均4.1年.对照组47例,年龄最小48岁,最大71岁,平均57.1岁;病程最短3年,最长7年,平均5.0年.两组具有可比性.     

血管紧张素转换酶基因多态性与冠心病关系的研究

目的：探讨血管紧张素转换酶（ACE）基因多态性与冠心病及冠状动脉病变支数的关系。方法：应用PCR扩增ACE基因的16内含子上的287bp插入／缺失片段，确定ACE基因型。在各组间进行基因型和等位基因频率的比较，采用多因素逐步logistic回归分析ACE的DD基因型及其他易患因素对冠心病的作用。用冠状动脉造影标准确诊冠心病。结果：（1）冠心病组ACE的DD基因型和D等位基因频率均高于对照组（x^2分别为16．04，16．08；P均＜0．01）。D等位基因与冠心病的关联性较高（隐性作用时OR＝2．15，P＜0．01，显性作用时OR＝2．84，P＜0．01）。（2）冠状动脉单支，双支，三支病变组之间，ACE基因型分布和D等位基因频率均一致（x^2分别为1．50，1．06，P均＞0．05）。（3）多因素逐步logistic回归分析，排除公认的冠心病危险因素后，ACE的DD基因型仍是冠心病的危险因素。结论：（1）ACE基因多态性与冠心病有相关性；（2）ACE基因型分布和D等位基因频率与冠状动脉病变支数无关；（3）ACE的DD基因型是冠心病的独立危险因素。     

经皮冠状动脉腔内支架置入术治疗冠心病

目的:评估冠状动脉内支架置入术的效果。方法:回顾性分析1996年2月～2000年2月我院接受冠状动脉内支架置入术的120例病人的治疗效果。结果:在183处病变共置入支架125只。在未经介入性治疗的病变置入支架(De novo stenting)101只,PTCA结果不理想(suboptimal)置入支架19只,2例PTCA并发夹层,濒临闭塞时紧急置入支架(Bail-out stenting)2只,在再狭窄病变置入支架3只。置入支架平均直径3.00±0.69mm,平均长度18.15±10.26mm。手术即刻成功率98.4％,主要并发症率为1.6％((2例AMI)。结论:冠脉内支架置入术是治疗冠心病的一种安全有效的介入性治疗技术,其成功率高,并发症少。     

Cardia: study design, recruitment, and some characteristics of the examined subjects

In 1984, a prospective cohort study, Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) was initiated to investigate life-style and other factors that influence, favorably and unfavorably, the evolution of coronary heart disease risk factors during young adulthood. After a year of planning and protocol development, 5,116 black and white women and men, age 18-30 years, were recruited and examined in four urban areas: Birmingham, Alabama; Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Oakland, California. The initial examination included carefully standardized measurements of major risk factors as well as assessments of psychosocial, dietary, and exercise-related characteristics that might influence them, or that might be independent risk factors. This report presents the recruitment and examination methods as well as the mean levels of blood pressure, total plasma cholesterol, height, weight and body mass index, and the prevalence of cigarette smoking by age, sex, race and educational level. Compared to recent national samples, smoking is less prevalent in CARDIA participants, and weight tends to be greater. Cholesterol levels are representative and somewhat lower blood pressures in CARDIA are probably, at least in part, due to differences in measurement methods. Especially noteworthy among several differences in risk factor levels by demographic subgroup, were a higher body mass index among black than white women and much higher prevalence of cigarette smoking among persons with no more than a high school education than among those with more education.     

血脂代谢紊乱与冠状动脉病变严重程度的关系

目的:分析血脂代谢异常与冠状动脉狭窄程度的关系.方法:对366例因胸痛而就诊的患者行选择性冠状动脉造影,按冠状动脉狭窄程度分为正常对照组、单支病变组、双支病变组、多支病变组.同时观察患者血脂各成分,并对各组指标进行统计学分析.结果:总胆固醇(TC)、甘油三脂(TG)、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL-C)、高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(HDL-C),在各组之间存在差异,尤其多支病变组与正常组之间差异显著(P＜0.01).TC、TG、LDL-C随冠状动脉病变加重而增加,HDL-C随冠状动脉病变加重而减少,LDL-C与冠状动脉狭窄程度呈正相关,HDL-C与冠状动脉狭窄程度呈负相关.结论:血脂代谢紊乱与冠状动脉狭窄的发生发展有内在的联系,对于预测有无冠状动脉病变及其进展有一定临床意义.     

多巴酚丁胺负荷超声心动图及组织多普勒成像技术在诊断冠心病中的临床应用

目的探讨多巴酚丁胺负荷超声心动图(DSE)和组织多普勒成像技术(TDI)在冠心病(CHD)诊断中的应用价值,以寻求一种敏感的、无创的CHD诊断方法。方法选择胸闷或胸痛怀疑CHD患者40例,应用TDI测量静息状态(Rest)下前壁中段收缩峰值速度(Vs),以及多巴酚丁胺峰值负荷状态(Peak)下前壁中段Vs,同时测量静息心率和负荷心率;所有入选对象均进行冠脉造影,并根据左前降支狭窄程度是否大于等于50%分为左前降支狭窄组(LST组)与左前降支非狭窄组(non-LST组)。分别比较Rest和Peak前壁中段LST组与non-LST组平均Vs差别等。结果Rest前壁中段LST组与non-LST组Vs差别无显著性意义;但Peak前壁中段LST组与non-LST组差别有显著性意义。结论DSE结合TDI是诊断冠心病有价值的定量分析方法。DSE在诊断CHD时的敏感性、准确性明显优于静息状态超声心动图。     

Patency of the infarct-related coronary artery — a pertinent factor in late recovery of myocardial fatty acid metabolism among patients receiving thrombolytic therapy?

The decrease in mortality among patients receiving thrombolytic therapy for myocardial infarction is greater than would be expected from the improvement in left ventricular contractile function alone; thus some additional advantage of recanalization of the infarctrelated coronary artery probably exists. Changes in the post-infarction myocardial metabolic state with respect to artery patency have not been studied with a gamma camera previously. A single-photon emission tomography scan using the fatty acid analogue para-¹²³I-iodophenylpentadecanoic acid was performed at rest before hospital discharge on nine patients with first anterior myocardial infarction. All patients had received intravenous thrombolytic therapy at the beginning of the insult. The semiquantitative analysis of the left ventricle included a total of 44 segments in each patient. The test was repeated 3 months later, with the patients divided into two groups: six patients had an angiographically patent left anterior descending coronary artery (group A), and three an occluded artery (group B). In group A the number of myocardial segments with abnormal (<70% of maximum) fatty acid uptake was initially 20.2±4.7 (mean±SD) and was reduced to 11.3±6.1 during the follow-up (95% confidence interval of the decrease 16.0–1.7 segments). In group B the number of these aberrant segments was fairly constant (21.7±13.1, initial test, and 21.3±13.3, retest). Our preliminary results suggest that even when thrombolytic therapy fails to prevent myocardial infarction, myocardial fatty acid metabolism has a better change of recovering if the relevant coronary artery has regained its patency. This finding emphasizes the need for further study to establish whether a direct link exists between myocardial metabolic state and patient survival after infarction.     

载脂蛋白B信号肽序列多态性及其与冠心病的关联

应用聚合链反应（ＰＣＲ）对１０３例冠心病人及１００名正常人载脂蛋白Ｂ（ａｐｏＢ）基因５＇端信号肽序列的多态性研究结果表明：（１）中国人信号肽序列插入／缺失（Ｉｎｓ／Ｄｅｌ）多态性频率分布与国外不同种族间有差异。少见Ｄｅｌ等位基因相对频率为０．２５９，高于南亚人，但低于法国高加索人。（２）冠心病组与正常对照组间等位基因相对组间等位基因相对频率分布差异无显著意义。（３）冠心病组内具Ｄｅｌ等位基因者血浆