经直肠彩色多普勒诊断良性前列腺增生37例

目的：探讨经直肠彩色多普勒超声对良性前列腺增生的诊断价值。方法：采用经直肠彩色多普勒对37例良性前列腺增生患者进行检查，测量大小，计算体积，并按前列腺重量分成四组，测定、分析增生内腺动脉的血液动力学参数。分组评价增生内腺的彩色血流图。结果：随前列腺重量的增加，增生内腺血流分布逐渐增加，血流的最大流度(Vmax)、血流最低流速(Vmin)、血流阻力指数(RI)、搏动指数(PI)逐渐增加。结论：经直肠彩色多普勒检查有助于临床对前列腺增生的准确诊断。     

前列腺癌PCNA及AgNOR的表达及临床意义

应用免疫组化（ABC法）和银染技术检测10树前列腺癌和20例前列腺增生患者增殖细胞核抗原（PCNA）和核仁组成区嗜银蛋白（AgNOR）数量变化．结果显示PCNA阳性检出率及AgNOR计数有显著差异（P＜0．01）．且随肿瘤分级增高而增高．随访资料显示PCNA强级（～）者，AgNOR计数高者预后明显低于PCNA弱级（～），AgNOR计数低者．结果提示PCNA，AgNOR可作为前列腺良恶性肿瘤鉴别诊断指标之一，并且与前列腺癌恶性程度有关，对推测预后具有重要参考价值。     

特殊型前列腺增生症的诊治

收治特殊型前列腺增生症１１０例，分别伴有逼尿肌无力、不稳定性膀胱、前列腺结石、膀胱结石、前列腺炎或糖尿病。认为：治疗前认真检查发现特殊前列腺增生症，是提高治愈率、减少并发症的关键步骤之一。     

高血压病左室肥厚与QTc离散度关系的研究

目的 探讨高血压病病左室肥厚（ＬＶＨ）与非在室肥厚（ＮＬＶＨ）患者ＱＴｃｄ的关系及临床意义。方法 用分层抽样法测定１０３例原发性高血压病患者住院首次１２导联心电图ＱＴｃ离散度（ＱＴｃｄ）其中合并ＬＶＨ患者５７例，合并ＮＬＶＨ患者４６例，并与２０例健康人作对照，结果 ＱＴｃｄＬＶＨ组分别与ＮＬＶＨ组，对照组比较均有非常显著性差异（Ｐ〈０．０１）ＮＬＶＨ组与对照组比较无显著性差异（Ｐ〉０．０５）。结论     

Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure: Will the Solution Be Shocking?

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) may occur in as many as 40% of all patients who suffer from heart failure. This review describes the scope of the problem, risk factors for SCD, the effect of medications used in heart failure on SCD and the potential effect of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in primary prevention.     

Impact of photon energy recovery on the assessment of left ventricular volume using myocardial perfusion SPECT

BACKGROUND: Photon energy recovery (PER) is a spectral deconvolution technique validated for scatter removal in patients and phantom studies. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of PER on left ventricular volume measurement based on myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). METHODS AND RESULTS: SPECT acquisitions were performed by use of a static cardiac phantom and in 25 patients after a rest injection of technetium 99m sestamibi by use of multiple energy windows (126-136, 137-144, and 145-154 keV). Data were successively reconstructed with and without PER, by use of iterative reconstruction and post-processing filtering (Butterworth filter; order, 5; cutoff, 0.30 cycles/pixel). Image contrast was evaluated in reconstructed data, and volumes were calculated by use of QGS. PER increased reconstructed image contrast from 62% +/- 2.7% to 84.3% +/- 5.7% in the phantom studies (P <.0001) and from 49% +/- 2% to 73% +/- 2% in patients (P <.0001). Although it remained underestimated (P <.0001), phantom volume was higher after PER correction compared with uncorrected data (50.9 +/- 0.8 mL vs 44.6 +/- 1 mL, P <.0001). The error in volume measurement was decreased by PER correction (16.6% +/- 1.3% vs 27% +/- 1.7% [uncorrected data], P <.0001). In patients, left ventricular volume increased from 83 +/- 10 mL to 91 +/- 10 mL (P <.0001), and the PER-induced volume increase was correlated with the image contrast increase (r = 0.61, P =.001). Finally, the percentage of volume increase was higher in patients with small left ventricular volumes. CONCLUSIONS: PER has a significant impact on image contrast and left ventricular volume measurement by use of perfusion SPECT. PER improves the accuracy of phantom volume assessment. In patients, volume increase is correlated to image contrast increase and is higher in those with small ventricles.     

Could Chronic Mesenteric Originated Hypoxia Insult Produce Opposite Pathologic Features： Hypoplasia and Hyperplasia of the Intestine

Chronic ischemia produces corresponding tissue hypoplasia. However, here we report a distinctive hypertrophy of the intestine due to chronic mesenteric insufficiency, which was confirmed by angiography in two patients with opposite characteristic pathologic presentation of intestine. During surgery of the first patient, an approximately 60cm long ileum with sausage consistency and cyanosis color was identified proximal to the caecum; wall-attached thromboembolism material and the hypertrophied segment of ileum were removed. In the other patient, the intestine wall was paper thin; after aorto-mesenteric bypass the intestine wall grew thicker. Post operative recovery of both patients was uneventful. The commonly observed situation after a long-standing hypoxic insult in a setting of chronic mesenteric ischemia is that the target tissue will at least develop a slight hypoplasia. However, the cases we present here had either pronounced hyperplasia or severe hypoplasia. We thus report it, expecting to identify a special mechanism to explain this paradox.     

鼻内镜下等离子射频治疗儿童腺样体肥大60例分析

目的探讨鼻内镜下运用等离子治疗仪行腺样体射频减容的优点。方法分析60例腺样体肥大儿童接受等离子手术前、后的临床资料,并对术前术后听力、夜间打鼾、鼻塞等症状恢复情况进行观察比较。结果术后腺样体明显缩小,A/N值小于0.6,鼻咽部结构显示良好,无咽鼓管损伤等并发症发生。随访1~2年,患儿症状消失或明显减轻,治疗有效率为100%。结论鼻内镜下运用等离子射频减容手术治疗腺样体肥大是一种安全有效、简单易行的手术方法,值得推广。     

Incidence of the retroaortic left renal vein in patients with varicocele.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of the retroaortic left renal vein (RLRV) in patients with varicocele. METHODS: The left renal vein was ultrasonographically investigated for the presence of the RLRV in 140 patients with varicocele and a control group of 137 age-matched patients. The main diagnostic criteria for varicocele were the presence of a varicose vein with a diameter of 3 mm or larger at rest and with a reflux lasting more than 2 seconds during the Valsalva maneuver. The RLRV was defined as a posterior course of the left renal vein to the aorta at the level of the origin of the superior mesenteric artery. RESULTS: The RLRV was observed in 13 (9.3%) of the 140 patients with varicocele and 3 (2.2%) of the control patients. The incidence of the RLRV was found to be significantly higher in patients with varicocele compared with the control patients (P = .018, Fisher exact test). In 13 patients with the RLRV, left varicocele and bilateral varicocele were detected in 10 and 3 cases, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, the incidence of the RLRV was found to be significantly higher in patients with varicocele compared with control patients. Thus, we suggest that the presence of the RLRV may be considered one of the etiologic factors in the development of varicocele.     

Myocardial perfusion and function in dogs with moderate coronary stenosis

MRI studies of first-pass contrast enhancement with polylysine-Gd-DTPA and myocardial tagging using spatial modulation of magnetization (SPAMM) were performed to assess the feasibility of a combined regional myocardial blood flow and 2D deformation exam. Instrumented closed-chest dogs were imaged at a baseline control state (Cntl) followed by two interventions: moderate coronary stenosis (St) achieved by partial occlusion of the left anterior descending (LAD) and moderate coronary stenosis with dobutamine loading (StD). Hypoperfusion of the anterior region (ANT) of the myocardium (LAD distribution) relative to the posterior wall (POS) based on the upslope of the signal intensity time curve from the contrast-enhanced MR images was demonstrated only with dobutamine loading (ANT:POS Cntl=1.077 ± 0.15 versus ANT:POS StD=0.477 ± 0.11, P<0.03) and was confirmed with radio-labeled microspheres measurements (ANT:POS Cntl=1.18 ± 0.2 ml/min/g versus ANT:POS StD=0.44 ± 0.1 ml/min/g; P<0.002). Significant changes in regional myocardial shortening were only seen in the StD state (P<0.02); the anterior region showed impaired myocardial shortening with dobutamine loading (P=NS), whereas the nonaffected POS region showed a marked increase in shortening when compared with Cntl (Cntl=0.964 ± 0.02 versus StD=0.884 ± 0.03; P<0.001). These results demonstrate that an integrated quantitative assessment of regional myocardial function and semiquantitative assessment of myocardial blood flow can be performed noninvasively with ultrafast MRI.