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Objective To analyze the anatomic variation of the portal vein based on magnetic resonance angiography using THRIVE sequence in one-stop examination of the liver.Methods Reconstructed three-dimensional images of 648 cases of hepatic portal vein acquired by THRIVE sequence were analyzed.Anatomic variation of the hepatic portal vein was investigated and the diameters of main portal vein (MPV), splenic vein (SV), superior mesenteric vein (SMV) and inferior mesenteric vein (IMV) were measured.Results (1)Four types of different variations of intrahepatic portal vein were observed, with normal type accounting for 79.2% (514/648), type Ⅰ 8.3% (54/648), type Ⅱ 9.0% (58/648) and type Ⅲ 3.4% (22/648), respectively.(2)Four types of different variations of extrahepatic portal vein were also observed, with type Ⅰ accounting for 37.4% (167/447), type Ⅱ 20.4% (91/447), type Ⅲ 36.2% (162/447) and other 6.0% (27/447), respectively.(3)Diameter of MPV, SV, SMV and IMV were (14.03±2.44) mm, (9.51±2.40) mm, (11.14±1.99) mm and (6.01±0.78) mm, respectively.Conclusion It is feasible to analyze anatomic variation in the hepatic portal vein using reconstructed three-dimensional images acquired by THRIVE sequence in one-stop examination of the liver.
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Transcranial Doppler can detect the presence of microembolic signal in patients at high risk of stroke as well as in invasive cardiovascular examinations and surgical procedure.A growing number of evidence has suggested that cerebral microemboli may cause cognitive impairment.This article reviews the effects of cerebral microemboli on cognitive function.
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OBJECTIVE@#To explore whether laryngopharyngeal simulator teaching can improve the quality of clinical operation compared with traditional preclinical teaching program.@*METHOD@#Sixty-five surgical interns were randomly divided into two groups. Experimental group was given traditional clinical practice together with simulator for laryngopharyngeal training, while control group received traditional clinical practice only. The teaching effect were compared through the operation assessment.@*RESULT@#After simulation training, the performance of experimental group was superior to that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#Simulator can improve the quality of teaching. It is recommended for teaching hospital and doctor's training base and deserves further promotion.
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@#Objective To determine the effect of transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) combined with focal mild hypothermia on cerebral infarction treated with thrombolytic unokinase (UK).Methods32 rabbits were randomly divided into the TCD group, UK group, TCD+UK group and hypothermia group with 8 animals in each group. Mean velocities of the middle cerebral artery were recorded after unokinase infusion to estimate whether blood vessels reopened. Meantime, brain temperature of lesion site was tested to find out whether declined to hypothermia level.ResultsThe percentage of recanalization was 87.5% in the hypothermia group, 75% in the TCD+UK group, significantly higher than that in the UK group (37.5%)(P<0.05). After 30 minutes of the rabbit refrigerated at 2 ℃, the putamen temperature declined to 32 ℃～34 ℃.ConclusionApply the regional refrigerstor apparatus to decline the brain temperature to mild hypothermia level during therapeutic time window. TCD combined with focal mild hypothermia can improve the thrombolytic effect of unokinase.
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BACKGROUND: Although angiography is the gold standard for the diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease, it cannot be used widely because of its traumatotaxis. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) and MRA are both non-invasive examinations, which can be used to evaluate intracranial large artery vascular trunks and hemodynamics.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the reliability of diagnosis with TCD on hemodynamic changes of ischemic cerebrovascular disease (ICVD) and the relativity between TCD and MRA.DESIGN: Case analysis based on patients.SETTING: Neurological Department of the First Affiliated Clinical Hos-pital, Harbin Medical University.PARTICIPANTS: From April 2001 to February 2002,totally 45 patients with stroke,selected from outpatients and inpatients of Neurological Department of First Affiliated Clinical Hospital of Harbin Medical University,examined by CT, to be told the fact and accepted, were taken part in the study.METHODS: Patients were examined with TC-2021 TCD instrument produced by German EME Corporation and VISART1.5T superconduct MR instrument produced by Toshiba. Totally 45 patients had TCD and MRI examinations, and the alternation between two examinations was 1 to 15 days. The hemodynamics and morphological changes were observed including middle cerebral artery (MCA), end of internal carotid artery (ICA),anterior cerebral artery (ACA), posterior cerebral artery (PCA), basal artery (BA), and vertebral artery (VA).large artery vascular trunks and hemodynamic results with TCD and MRA;ty, false positive and false negative with TCD with those of MRA.TCD and MRA: Theory data was Tmin=9.91; χ2=107.92, P ＜ 0.005, it was considered that the results with the rate of TCD were related with that of MRA. The detection rate of TCD was 19.06%, and that of MRA was 15.25%. There were significant differences between the detection rate of standard, the sensibility of diagnosing abnormal vessels by TCD was 78.10%, specificity 94.22%, false positive 7.46%, false negative 23.31%,and the coincidence rate 89.36%.CONCLUSION: TCD can assess exactly the functional status of the vessels. It can also reflect early and sensitively the change of hemodynamics of cerebral blood flow. While MRA can display the change of vascular appearance directly so that the combination of TCD and MRA will be improve sensibility and specificity of diagnosis.