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Objective:To explore the efficacy and safety of ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) Chinese patients using glycoprotein Ⅱb/Ⅲa inhibitor (GPI).Methods:The data from CCC-ACS (Improving Care for Cardiovascular Disease in China-ACS) project were systematically reviewed in ACS patients with GPI. The patients were divided into ticagrelor and clopidogrel groups. A logistic analysis and propensity score matching (PSM) were performed to compare occurrences of major cardiovascular events (MACE) and bleeding events between the two groups during hospitalization.Results:A total of 63 641 ACS patients were collected from 150 hospitals. Logistic regression analyses showed that there was no statistically significant difference in the reduction of MACE between ticagrelor and clopidogrel when using GPI ( OR=0.881, 95% CI 0.599-1.296; P=0.521). However, major bleeding rate was higher in the ticagrelor group than that in the clopidogrel group ( OR=1.401, 95% CI 1.075-1.852; P=0.013). Similar results were observed after PSM. No statistic difference in MACE between the ticagrelor and clopidogrel group ( OR=0.919, 95% CI 0.613-1.376; P=0.681). Major bleeding rate was higher in the ticagrelor group ( OR=1.559, 95% CI 1.130-2.150; P=0.007). Conclusion:In ACS patients with GPI, ticagrelor did not reduce MACE, but increased the major bleeding risk compared with clopidogrel.
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Objective To investigate the effect of sarcopenia on the skeletal muscle and cardiac function in elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).Methods Sixty patients with CHF and sarcopenia and 60 sex and age-matched CHF patients without sarcopenia were enrolled from September 2014 to December 2015.The skeletal mass was evaluated by fat-free mass index (FFMI) and muscle function was evaluated by gait speed (GS),hand strength (HS) and the simple physical performance battery (SPPB).The cardiac function was accessed by a 6-min walk distance (6-MWD) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).Furthermore,the serum inflammation cytokines IL-6,TNF-α,and skeletal muscle biomarker C 1q were measured.Results The CHF patients with sarcopenia had lower values for skeletal muscle mass:FFMI [(17.68±0.74) vs.(18.34±0.54)kg/m2,F=33.696,P＜0.05] and lower muscle function:HS [(17.26±4.20)vs.(28.85±6.43)kg,F=136.54,P＜0.05],GS [(0.65±0.11) vs.(0.90±0.10)m/s,F=-12.922,P＜0.05],SPPB [(6.45±2.07) vs.(7.65± 1.76),t=-3.452,P＜0.05].And the cardiac function decreased significantly in patients with sarcopenia:6-MWD [(253.76 ± 72.62) vs.(340.91 ± 55.78)m,F=54.350,P＜0.05],LVEF [(39.12 ± 7.02)vs.(43.83±5.81)％,t=16.060,P＜0.05].Serum IL-6/TNF-α/C1q levels were significantly elevated:IL-6[(14.12± 1.40) vs.(13.46±1.06) ng/L,F=8.513,P＜0.05],TNF-α [(443.43±28.06) vs.(299.37±21.53)ng/L,t=31.556,P＜0.05],C1q[(578.92±23.63) vs.(504.1 1±41.77)ng/L,F=145.78,P＜0.05].Conclusion The CHF patients with sarcopenia present less skeletal muscle mass,poorer skeletal function and reduced cardiac function,and higher inflammation levels.
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Ventricular arrhythmia (VA) is often secondary to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and other organic heart disease .Many researches have indicated that myocardial cell injury , ventricular remodeling ,abnormalities of neurohumoral regulation and ion channel etc .after AMI can lead to cardiac electrophysiological remodeling and in‐duce VA .In recent years ,researches have found that more and more inflammatory factors are involved in above －mentioned series of pathological changes ,and possess important relationship with occurrence and development of VA.The present article made a review on domestic and foreign related literature .
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Objective To study the effect of rhBNP on serum chemerin and IL-37 levels in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients undergoing emergency PCI.Methods Eighty AMI patients who underwent emergency PCI were randomly divided into cortrol group (n =40) and rhBNP treatment group (n=40).The patients in control group were treated with conventional drugs and those in rhBNP treatment group were treated with intravenous rhBNP.Their serum chemerin and IL-37 levels were measured by ELISA.Their LVEDD and LVEF were compared.Results The serum level of chemerin was significantly lower while that of IL-37 was significantly higher in two groups at 72 h and on day 7 after PCI than before PCI (P＜0.05).The serum level of chemerin was significantly lower while that of IL-37 was significantly higher in rhBNP group than in control group at 72 h and on day 7 after PCI (P＜0.05).The LVEDD was significantly shorter while the LVEF was significantly higher in two groups on day 7 and month 1 after PCI than before PCI (P＜0.05).The LVEDD was significantly shorter in rhBNP group than in control group on day 7 and month 1 after PCI (P＜0.05).Conclusion rhBNP can effectively reduce the serum chemerin level,increase the serum IL-37 level,and improve the cardiac function in AMI patients following emergency PCI.The effect of rhBNP is better than that of conventional drugs in AMI patients after emergency PCI.
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A lot of basic and clinical studies have proved that limb remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPre) is a safe and effective means reducing perioperative myocardial reperfusion injury .However ,RIPre possesses specific protec‐tive window .Therefore ,researchers used repeated limb RIPre to prolong the protective window in order to explore a new prevention and rehabilitation measure for cardiovascular diseases .
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Objective:To explore the role of tumor necrosis factor‐α(TNF‐α) and monocyte chemoattractant protein‐1 (MCP‐1) in pathogenesis of angina pectoris of coronary heart disease (CHD) .Methods :A total of 60 CHD pa‐tients diagnosed by coronary angiography (CAG) were selected and divided into stable angina pectoris (SAP) group (n=28) and unstable angina pectoris (UAP) group (n=32) ,and another 30 cases with normal CAG results were re‐garded as normal control group .Immune turbidity method and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay were used to measure plasma levels of TNF‐αand MCP‐1 respectively .Results:Compared with normal control group ,there were significant rise in plasma levels of TNF‐α[ (15.18 ± 4.12) ng/L vs .(18.56 ± 4.22) ng/L vs .(21.79 ± 4.43) ng/L] and MCP‐1 [(10.23 ± 3.21) pg/L vs .(14.67 ± 3.42) pg/L vs .(17.86 ± 3.51) pg/L] in SAP group and UAP group , P<0.01 all ,and those of UAP group were significantly higher than those of SAP group , P<0.01 both .Conclusion:Plasma tumor necrosis factor‐αand monocyte chemoattractant protein‐1 levels significantly rise ,it possesses impor‐tant clinical significance for predicting existence and development of coronary heart disease .
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Objective:To evaluate the clinical therapeutic effect and mechanism of recombinant human brain natri-uretic peptide (rhBNP,Xinhuosu)in patients with acute heart failure (AHF).Methods:A total of 90 AHF patients were randomly and equally divided into rhBNP group (received intravenous injection of rhBNP based on routine treatment for 3d)and routine treatment group.Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF),levels of serum high sen-sitive C reactive protein (hsCRP)and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9)were measured and compared between two groups before and after treatment.Results:Compared with before treatment,after treatment,LVEF signifi-cantly rose,levels of hsCRP and MMP-9 significantly reduced in both groups,P <0.05 or <0.01;compared with routine treatment group after treatment,there was significant rise in LVEF [(41.4±12.8)% vs.(51.3±13.9)%], and significant reductions in levels of hsCRP [(8.63±3.57)mg/L vs.(6.67±3.97)mg/L]and MMP-9 [(17.89 ±4.75)mg/L vs.(14.64±4.89)mg/L]in rhBNP group,P <0.05 or <0.01. Conclusion:The rhBNP possesses significant therapeutic effect on acute heart failure,and its mechanism may be related with reducing hsCRP and MMP-9 levels.
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Objective To explore the change of monocyte chemotactic factor-1 protein(MCP-1)and matrix metalloproteinase-9( MMP-9)of patients with coronary artery disease( CAD)following percutaneous coronary interventional( PCI). Methods Fifty patients underwent PCI procedures for CAD compromising a single coronary artery were selected as PCI group and 30 healthy individuals with normal findings by coronary angiography were selected as the control group. Plasma MCP-1 and MMP-9 were measured in all the subjects. Results The plasma MCP-1 level of patients with CAD after PCI was(19. 87 ± 5. 31)ng/ L,higher than that before operation((15. 71 ± 5. 23)ng/ L,t = 3. 95,P < 0. 01). Whereas in the control group,the MCP-1 level after coronary angiography was(13. 78 ± 5. 58)ng/ L,which was as same as that before operation (12. 42 ± 5. 39 ng/ L,P = 0. 34). Plasma MMP-9 level in the CAD patients after PCI procedures was(22. 69 ± 5. 97)mg/ L,higher than that before operation((19. 52 ± 5. 72)mg/ L,t = 2. 71,P < 0. 01). There was no significant difference in term of plasma MMP-9 level in control group befor and after operation((17. 53 ± 5. 51) mg/ L vs.(16. 69 ± 5. 42)mg/ L,P = 0. 55). Conclusion Plasma MCP-1 and MMP-9 increase in CAD patients following PCI procedures. But their roles in the vascular restenosis following the procedures need further investigation.
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Objective: To study clinical application value of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) and nitroglycerin stress single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for evaluation of restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods: A total of 39 patients after PCI were examined by DSE and SPECT one week before coronary angiography (CAG). Dose incremental program of dobutamine included five levels：5μg•kg-1•min-1, 10μg• kg-1• min-1, 20μg•kg-1•min-1, 30μg•kg-1•min-1, 40μg•kg-1•min-1, and each level maintained for three minutes. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of DSE and SPECT were determined according to CAG examined result and examined results were compared between DSE and SPECT. Results: Compared with CAG, SPECT and DSE were no significant differences （P>0.05）in sensitivity (83.3% vs. 75.0%) and accuracy (71.8% vs. 87.2%) for evaluating restenosis after PCI, but compared with SPECT, DSE possessed higher specificity (66.7% vs. 92.6%). Conclusions: Dobutamine stress echocardiography is accurate, and its specificity is better than that of SPECT for evaluating restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Objective To explore the roles of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods One hundred and fifty patients diagnosed as angina pectoris by coronary angiography were enrolled and randomly divided into unstable angina pectoris group ( UAP group n =78) and stable angina group (SAP group n =72). At the same time,50 cases with normal coronary angiography were selected as control. The plasma level of IL-6 was measured by ELISA, and hsCRP was measured by immunonephelometry. Results The mean plasma levels of IL-6 and hsCRP were significantly higher in UAP group compared with SAP group ( IL-6 ( 36. 98 ± 9. 35 ) pg/L vs. ( 23.19 ± 7. 35 ) pg/L; hsCRP ( 2. 25 ± 0. 73 ) μg/Lvs 1.88 ± 0. 68 ) μg/L; P ＜ 0. 01 respectively), both were significantly higher than those of control group ( IL-6 (16. 93 ± 6. 15 )pg/L and hsCRP (1.28 ± 0.40)μg/L,P ＜0.01 respectively). We also found significantly positive relationship between IL-6 and hsCRP plasma level ( r = 0. 875, P ＜ 0. 05 ). Conclusions Inflammatory response might play an important role in CHD. IL-6 and hsCRP were of high value in prediction of angina pectoris and development of CHD.
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Objective To approach the effect of benefiting qi and activating blood circulation therapy on AMI.Methods A total of 120 patients with AMI were recruited into a control group and a treatment group randomly. 60 cases in control group were treated with dextran, nitroglycerin and heparin. While 60 cases in the treatment group were treated with traditional Chinese medicines with the functions of benefiting qi and activating blood circulation on the basis of the control group. Therapeutic effects were observed after two weeks' treatment. Results The effective rat was 95.00% and 81.67% in the treatment group and the control group respectively, showing significant difference(P=0.0341 ＜0.05). In the 3 months follow-up, ischemia happened in the treatment group was significantly lower than the control group (P=0.0284, P＜0.05).Conclusion Combined treatment of TCM and western medicine is better than treatment of western medicine only. Benefiting qi and activating blood circulation therapy is effective on AMI and improves the prognosis.
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Objective To investigate the protective effect and mechanism of epigallocatechin-3-gallate against myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury in rats.Methods The Sprague-Dawley rats underwent 30min of left anterior descending(LAD)coronary occlusion and 6 hours reperfusion to make ischemia/repefusion(I/R)injury model in vivo.Sixty male rats were randomly divided into 3 groups:sham group,I/R group,epigallocatechin-3-gallate group.Creatine kianse isoenzyme-MB(CK-MB)and the activity of Caspase-3 and the apoptotie index(AI)by TUNEL staining were measured in each group,I/R and EGCG group were measured the infarcted size(IS/AAR%).In addition,pathologic changes of myoeardial tissue were observed under electron microscopy.Results Compared with I/Rgroup,EGCG group markedly decreasedthe activity of CK-MB in serum[(951.57±123.71)vs(1826.38±205.32),P＜0.01]and the activity of Caspase-3 in myocardiaI tissue[(0.56±0.17)vs(0.81±0.20),P＜0.01],the value of IS/AAR% in EGCG group was lower than that in I/R group[(26.73±5.22)vs(41.56±6.81),P＜0.01].AI were significantly decreased in EGCG group compared with I/R group[(7.39±2.43)vs(15.62±4.28),P＜0.01].The electron microscopic examination showed that pathologic changes of myocardiocytes in the EGCG group were significantly milder than that of the I/R group.Conclusion Epigallocatechin-3-gallate has protective effect against myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury in rats,and the protective mechanism may be related to decreasing the cardiomyocytes apoptosis by inhibition the activity of Caspase-3.
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Objective To evaluate the efficiency and safety of amiodarone in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated ventricular tachyarrhythmia (CVT). Methods 106 CVT patients of AMI with stable haemodynamics was randomized into trial group (53 cases) and control group (3 cases). Based on routine therapy, the trial group was intravenously given amiodarone. Electrical cardioversion is necessary if the haemodynamics turns to unstable. Intravenous amiodarone will be used for at least 24 hours to maintain sinus rhythm. The control group was administrated intravenous lidocainein. If the patients made no response to lidocainein, given amiodarone as substitute. Electrical cardioversion is necessary when the haemodynamics turns to unstable and lidocainein was followed for at least 24 hours after successful cardioversion to maintain sinus rhythm. The therapeutic effects, cardiac function and the changes of arrhythmia were compared between the two groups. Results The incidence of angina pectoris, consumption of nitrates were decreased in trial group when compared with that in control group, whereas the ejection fraction, left ventricle fast filling interval and the mitral valve peak velocity of blood flow during left atrium contraction(E/A) all were higher than that in control group (all P<0.01). The total effective rate in trial group was higher than that in control group (75.5% vs 62.3%, P<0.01), especially the ventricular tachycardia control rate is significantly higher than control group (86.7% vs 50.0%,P<0.01). Conclusion Intravenous injection of amiodarone efficaciously control the complicated ventricular tachy-arrhythmia in patients with acute myocardial infarction as well as to improve the cardiac function.