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Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of sildenafil in treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PH),in order to provide more theory basis for clinical treatment.Methods A total of 80 PH patients was enrolled in this study.All the 80 cases were divided into conventional treatment group and sildenafil treatment group with 40 cases each.The 6-min walk test distance,Brog dyspnea score,pulmonary artery systolic pressure(SPAP),heart rate,circulation systolic blood pressure (cSBP),circulation diastolic blood pressure (cDBP),alanine aminotransferase (ALT),aspartate aminotransferase (AST),blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine (SCr) were recorded before and after treatment.The clinical efficacy was compared between two groups.Results The 6-min walk test distance,Brog dyspnea score and SPAP before treatment in conventional treatment group and sildenafil treatment group were (258.62 ±58.34),(260.22 ± 54.33) m; (3.2 ± 1.1),(3.3 ± 1.2) scores; (70.66 ± 6.52),(71.09 ± 6.61) mm Hg (1 mm Hg =0.133 kPa),and there was no significant difference between two groups (P ＞ 0.05).The 6-min walk test distance was (332.67 ± 63.51),(411.47 ± 75.86) m after treatment in conventional treatment group and sildenalil treatment group,which was increased compared with that before treatment (P ＜ 0.05).Brog dyspnea score and SPAP were (2.6 ± 0.8),(2.0 ± 0.6) scores and (61.43 ± 5.27),(47.84 ± 5.15) mm Hg after treatment in conventional treatment group and sildenafil treatment group,which were decreased compared with those before treatment (P ＜ 0.05).The improvement of the 6-min walk test distance,Brog dyspnea score and SPAP in sildenafil treatment group were better than those in conventional treatment group (P ＜0.05).There was no significant difference in the heart rate,cSBP,cDBP,ALT,AST,BUN,SCr before and after treatment in two groups (P ＞ 0.05).The total effective rate in sildenafil treatment group was higher than that in conventional treatment group [77.5％ (31/40) vs.57.5％ (23/40)],and there was significant difference (P ＜ 0.05).The side effects were main headache,blushing,dyspepsia.Conclusion Sildenafil has more effective clinical efficacy in treating PH patients with accepted side-effect,which is worthy to be popularized in the clinical application.
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To study the dynamic changes of CT perfusion parameters during the first 12 h in the embolic cerebral ischemia models. Local cerebral ischemia model were established in 7 New Zealand white rabbits. All CT scans were performed with a GE Lightspeed 16 multislice CT. Following the baseline scan, further CT perfusion scans were performed at the same locations 20 min, 1-6 h and 8, 10 and 12 h after the embolus delivery. Maps of all parameters were obtained by CT perfusion software at each time point. The brains, taken 12 h after the scan, were sliced corresponding to the positions of the CT slices and stained by 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC). On the basis of the TTC results, the ischemic sides were divided into 3 regions: core, penumbra and the relatively normal region. The changes of all parameters were then divided into 3 stages. In the first two hours (the first stage), the CBV dropped more remarkably in the core than in the penumbra but rose slightly in the relatively normal region while the CBF decreased and MTT, TTP extended in all regions to varying degrees. In the 2nd-5th h (the second stage), all the parameters fluctuated slightly around a certain level. In the 5th-12th h (the third stage), the CBV and CBF dropped, and MTT and TTP were prolonged or shortened slightly in the core and penumbra though much notably in the former while the CBV, CBF rose and MTT, TTP were shortened remarkably in the relatively normal region. We experimentally demonstrated that the location and extent of cerebral ischemia could be accurately assessed by CT perfusion imaging. The pathophysiology of the ischemia could be reflected by the CT perfusion to varying degrees.
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Blood Flow Velocity , Brain Ischemia/physiopathology , Brain Ischemia/diagnostic imaging , Cerebrovascular Circulation , Stroke/physiopathology , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
To study the dynamic changes of CT perfusion parameters during the first 12 h in the embolic cerebral ischemia models. Local cerebral ischemia model were established in 7 New Zealand white rabbits. All CT scans were performed with a GE Lightspeed 16 multislice CT. Following the baseline scan, further CT perfusion scans were performed at the same locations 20 min, 1-6 h and 8, 10 and 12 h after the embolus delivery. Maps of all parameters were obtained by CT perfusion software at each time point. The brains, taken 12 h after the scan, were sliced corresponding to the positions of the CT slices and stained by 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC). On the basis of the TTC results, the ischemic sides were divided into 3 regions: core, penumbra and the relatively normal region. The changes of all parameters were then divided into 3 stages. In the first two hours (the first stage), the CBV dropped more remarkably in the core than in the penumbra but rose slightly in the relatively normal region while the CBF decreased and MTT, TTP extended in all regions to varying degrees. In the 2nd-5th h (the second stage), all the parameters fluctuated slightly around a certain level. In the 5th-12th h (the third stage), the CBV and CBF dropped, and MTT and TTP were prolonged or shortened slightly in the core and penumbra though much notably in the former while the CBV, CBF rose and MTT, TTP were shortened remarkably in the relatively normal region. We experimentally demonstrated that the location and extent of cerebral ischemia could be accurately assessed by CT perfusion imaging. The pathophysiology of the ischemia could be reflected by the CT perfusion to varying degrees.