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@#Cardiac lipoma is rare and benign entities of heart, and often discovered after autopsy incidentally because most patients remain completely asymptomatic. The symptoms of cardiac lipoma depend on their location and size within the heart, such as dyspnea, chest pain, arrhythmia, and even sudden death. Surgical interventions usually have good results. Up till now, there has been no any relevant large-scale randomized controlled trial, and even no precise guideline for treatment. Surgical procedures often depend on patients' clinical manifestations and changes of hemodynamics in cardiac vessels in order to relief the symptoms as well as abort the progress of the disease. Therefore, early diagnosis and close follow-up are necessary for timely treatment. This article aims to summarize the imageological examinations for cardiac lipoma, including echocardiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging along with their characteristics and advantages, in order to get better clinical strategies.
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@#The surgical treatment of acute aortic dissection is difficult, and the mortality is associated with anastomosis site complications. Therefore, it is essential to make sure the end-to-end anastomosis safe and avoid bleeding. The methods of anastomosis include: direct anastomosis, adventitial inversion technique and sandwich technique. The latter two methods are both effective in hemostasis and reducing the postoperative complications. According to the recent literatures, the adventitial inversion technique may facilitate thrombotic closure of the false lumen in acute type A aortic dissection management and increase the long-term survival of the patients. This review introduces 2 modified methods of anastomosis as well, and summarizes clinical outcomes of different end-to-end anastomotic methods for surgical treatment of acute Stanford type A aortic dissection, in order to recommend the most proper method of end-to-end anastomosis.
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Objective To compare the efficacy and comfort of oral polyethylene glycol at different time for painless colonoscopy preparation. Methods According to time of oral compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte powder, 173 painless colonoscopy patients were divided into group A, group B and group C. Patients in group A took 4 boxes of compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte powder for colonic preparation at 22:00 on day 1 before the check, the time of painless colonoscopy is 8:30 ~ 10:30. Group B patients took 1 box of compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte powder for colonic preparation at 20:00 on day 1 before the check and took 3 boxes at 5:00 am on check day, the time of painless colonoscopy is 10:30 ~ 12:30. Group C patients took 1 box of compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte powder for colonic preparation at 20:00 on day 1 before the check and took 3 boxes at 7:00 am on check day, the time of painless colonoscopy is 13:30 ~ 15:30. At last, we compare the colon cleanliness and comfort of patients among the three groups. Results There was no significant difference in instetinal cleanliness among the 3 groups (P > 0.05), but there was greatly significant difference in subjective tolerance among 3 groups (P < 0.05). Conclusion The 3 methods of having boxes of compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte power all have the satisfying effect for colonic preparation, but fractionated dose polyethylene glycol electrolyte power provides a better tolerance for bowel preparation of painless colonscopy.
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Objective To compare the efficacy and comfort of oral polyethylene glycol at different time for painless colonoscopy preparation. Methods According to time of oral compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte powder, 173 painless colonoscopy patients were divided into group A, group B and group C. Patients in group A took 4 boxes of compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte powder for colonic preparation at 22:00 on day 1 before the check, the time of painless colonoscopy is 8:30 ~ 10:30. Group B patients took 1 box of compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte powder for colonic preparation at 20:00 on day 1 before the check and took 3 boxes at 5:00 am on check day, the time of painless colonoscopy is 10:30 ~ 12:30. Group C patients took 1 box of compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte powder for colonic preparation at 20:00 on day 1 before the check and took 3 boxes at 7:00 am on check day, the time of painless colonoscopy is 13:30 ~ 15:30. At last, we compare the colon cleanliness and comfort of patients among the three groups. Results There was no significant difference in instetinal cleanliness among the 3 groups (P > 0.05), but there was greatly significant difference in subjective tolerance among 3 groups (P < 0.05). Conclusion The 3 methods of having boxes of compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte power all have the satisfying effect for colonic preparation, but fractionated dose polyethylene glycol electrolyte power provides a better tolerance for bowel preparation of painless colonscopy.