Bilateral aberrant cervical internal carotid arteries

Summary A patient with symptomatic bilateral aberrant cervical internal carotid arteries, demonstrated on CT and MRI, is described.     

Dual origin of the left circumflex coronary artery: A case report

We describe a patient with two separate vessels having different origins supplying the circumflex coronary artery distribution. This represents a previously undescribed coronary artery anomaly.     

Probe™, a balloon wire: Initial experience

Coronary angioplasty is unsuccessful in <3–5% of cases because the balloon catheter fails to follow a guidewire that has traversed a lesion. Between June 1986 and August 1987, 31 lesions were unable to be crossed with at least two standard angioplasty catheters. Finally, a 2.0-mm-diameter Hartzler LPS (ACS) was utilized and successfully crossed and dilated 16 out of 31 lesions (52%). In the remaining 15 lesions, the Probe^TM (USCI) 2.0 mm diameter × 1.5 cm long balloon wire was able to cross the lesions in 13 (82%) and successfully dilated 12. In one case, lesion rigidity prevented the balloon from expanding at 14 atm. A right coronary artery lesion was attempted in 11 cases, and a left anterior descending and circumflex artery lesion in two patients each. No complications were encountered. In seven out of 12 successful Probe^TM cases, a larger balloon catheter was used to further dilate the artery. This new balloon wire has increased our success rate in severe stenoses and in tortuous vessels with severe distal lesions, in which presently available angioplasty equipment has failed.     

Effect of morphological abnormalities on blood retinal barrier permeability in diabetic retinopathy

The morphological base for the impaired function of the blood retinal barrier was studied in 50 eyes of 10 insulin dependent and 21 non-insulin dependent patients with various levels of diabetic retinopathy. The permeability of the blood retinal barrier (P_BRB) was determined by vitreous fluorophotometry with correction for autofluorescence, lenstransmission and non-protein bound plasma fluorescein concentration. Morphological abnormalities of diabetic retinopathy assessed by fundus photography and fluorescein angiography were individually scored on a decimal scale and related to the P_BRB by multiple regression analysis. The P_brb was not correlated to morphological abnormalities of non-proliferative retinopathy [(1) microaneurysms, (2) hard exudates, (3) soft exudates, (4) intraretinal hemorrhages, (5) fluorescein leakage, and (6) capillary closure, p > 0.3]. The P_BRB was correlated to morphological abnormalities of (pre)proliferative retinopathy [(1) intraretinal microvascular abnormalities (S_irma) and (2) new vessels (S_neo): p_brb = A – B.S_IRMA – C.S_neo with P_BRB in nm/sec, A = 1.5 ± 0.5, B = 0.9 ± 0.2 and C = 1.7 ± 0.4, R² = 0.65, p < 0.0001]. It can be concluded that the increased blood retinal barrier permeability in diabetic patients is mainly due to (pre)proliferative abnormalities and not to non-proliferative abnormalities.     

多层螺旋CT冠脉成像的临床应用

目的旨在评价多层螺旋CT(MSCT)在冠状动脉疾病诊断中的作用。方法57例患者,按心率≤60次/min、60～70次/min、>71次/min分成3组,行冠脉MSCT造影(MSCTA),将数据在回顾性心电门控下行最大密度投影(MIP)、容积重建(VR)和多平面重建(MPR),观察其对冠状动脉的显示,其中11例与选择性冠状动脉造影(SCA)对照。结果心率≤70次/min患者CT图像质量明显优于心率>70次/min组(P<0.001)。11例与相应的SCA比较,MSCTA诊断50%以上狭窄的敏感度、特异度、阴性预测值和准确度分别为88.9%、71.4%、86.7%和83.3%。结论MSCT能显示冠状动脉钙化和狭窄、进行冠脉支架术后评价。     

脑动脉瘤破裂伴发急性硬膜下血肿的诊治

目的 探讨脑动脉瘤(AN)破裂所致的急性硬膜下血肿(ASDH)的临床、影像学特点和诊治方案。方法 回顾288例破裂AN，发现10例伴有ASDH。Huni Hess分级，Ⅱ级3人，Ⅲ级1人，Ⅳ级3人，Ⅴ级3人，均经CTA诊断为AN破裂，除2例外均被脑血管造影或手术所证实。保守治疗2例，血肿清除加AN夹闭术4例，电解脱弹簧圈(GDC)栓塞后加血肿清除2例，栓塞加脑室外引流1例，单纯栓塞l例。结果 疗效优者2例，中残者l例，7例死亡。结论 AN性ASDH的预后极差，同术前分级相关；CTA检查后立即行血肿清除加动脉瘤夹闭有助于提高预后，合适患者可联合栓塞和血肿清除术。     

脑血管造影和介入治疗过程中脑动脉痉挛的发生和治疗

目的探索脑血管造影和介入治疗过程中脑血管痉挛(CVS)的发生、表现和治疗效果。方法400例患者经股动脉穿刺对双侧颈内动脉、椎动脉等行数字减影血管造影检查共470例次,其中,52例在造影后接受了介入治疗。造影剂为含碘300mg/mL的非离子型造影剂。对造影和治疗过程中出现重度CVS者经导管注入0.3%罂粟碱10mL解痉。结果造影和介入治疗过程中CVS的发生率为17.7%(83/470),其表现为颈动脉管壁不光整,呈波浪状14例(16.9%),颈动脉管腔轻度变窄36例(43.4%),中度25例(30.1%),重度6例(7.2%),颈内动脉不显影2例(2.4%)。轻至中度CVS未作特殊治疗,无不良反应或后遗症发生;8例重度痉挛者经导管注入罂粟碱后6例明显缓解,1例遗留后遗症,1例病死。结论脑血管造影和介入治疗过程中CVS的发生率不容忽视,造影剂的高渗刺激、导管导丝机械性刺激和血管内压力改变是CVS的高危因素,动脉内注入罂粟碱有良好的解痉作用。     

离子对提取比色法测定复方制剂中氨基比林的含量

复方制剂中氨基比林与溴甲酚绿形成稳定的离于对，用氯仿萃取后在４１６．８ｎｍ处测定吸收度．回收率为９９．８０％，相对标准偏差为０．９２％（ｎ＝５）。方法简便快速，结果准确可靠。     

~(99m)Tc-MIBI心肌灌注显像结合门电路心血池显像对高血压患者心肌缺血诊断的评价

本文对40例住院高血压患者作了静息相及负荷相99mTc－MIBI心肌单光子发射计算机断层（SPECT）显像并采用门电路心血池显像（MGBP）评价室壁运动。结果显示：本组病例心肌灌注显像放射性稀疏缺损（MPD）发生率高达87．5％（35／40），其中可逆性（RPD）57．1％；有MPD者在MPD节段室壁运动异常发生率91．4％（32／35），但RPD组与非RPD组间无显著差异。文中对高血压患者心肌缺血及其导致MPD的机制进行了探讨，认为99mTc－MIBI心肌SPECT显像出现MPD是反映高血压患者心肌缺血的敏感方法，MGBP多指标评价室壁运动可揭示绝大多数MPD节段的室壁运动异常。     

EVALUATION OF INDOCYANINE GREEN RETENTION AND AMINOPYRINE BREATH TESTS IN PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT BILIARY OBSTRUCTION

Impaired hepatic function is a major contributory factor to the high incidence of postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients with malignant biliary obstruction. Dynamic hepatic function tests such as indocyanine green (ICG) retention and aminopyrine breath tests were evaluated in such patients to define whether they were clinically useful for prediction of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Forty-four patients with malignant biliary obstruction undergoing surgery for relief of obstructive jaundice were recruited into the study. Indocyanine green retention and aminopyrine breath tests were carried out in all patients pre-operatively and repeated in 36 patients postoperatively. The ICG retention was abnormal in all patients before surgery and there was significant improvement 2 weeks after surgery (32.8 ± 2.5%vs 18.3 ± 2.8%, P= 0.001). The change in ICG retention levels correlated with the serum bilirubin levels but the pre-operative ICG retention value could not predict postoperative morbidity and mortality. The aminopyrine breath test was abnormal in all but one patient. It correlated with pre-operative prothrombin time of the patients before surgery but it did not improve significantly after surgery and was not predictive of postoperative outcome. It is concluded that both ICG retention and aminopyrine breath tests have limited clinical value in the pre-operative evaluation of patients with malignant biliary obstruction.