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Objective To investigate the characteristics of clinical and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging(CMR) of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with left ventricular(ALVC) involvement. Methods Ten cases of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with left ventricular involvement and sixteen randomly chosen cases of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with right ventricular (ARVC) involvement were enrolled in this study. Clinical symptoms, cardiac electrophysiological changes as well as the cardiac morpharage, ventricular functions and delayed enhancement of myocardium assessed by CMR were compared between the two groups. The size of heart chambers, global ventricular functions and the fat/fibrosis infiltration were evaluated by turbo fast spin echo, ture FISP cine and delayed enhancement. These were statistically analyzed by independent samples t test, respectively.Results There was no significant difference in age and gender between two groups. All the patients in two groups presented non-specific clinical manifestations with no significant differences (P>0.05) except for short of breath(P=0.034). The end-diastolic diameter of left ventricular, left ventricular end-diastolic volume index, left and right ejection fraction in ALVC and ARVC group were (64.2±7.7), (49.2±5.9) mm(t=5.551,P<0.001), (113.9±24.0), (69.2± 30.0) ml/m2(t=3.962, P<0.001), (38.5±3.1)%, (56.0±8.4)%(t=-6.733,P<0.001), (42.0±5.5)%, (18.0±7.3)%(t=8.817, P<0.001) respectively. An medium of 11 and 14 segments of fat or fat/fibrosis were found in intramural wall of the LV myocardiumin patients with ALVC,while only 0 segment(all P<0.001)was found in patients with ARVC.Conclusions The clinical manifestations of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with left ventricular involvement was similar to ARVC, however, with regarding to cardiac morphological, functional and myocardial lesions, these two diseases have different characteristics in CMR features.“one-stop-shop”MRI examination has high value in the diagnosis of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with Left ventricular involvement.
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Objective To characterize the cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) features of peripartum cardiomyopathy(PPCM) and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy(IDCM), and to explore the value of MRI in the diagnosis of PPCM. Methods Ten cases of PPCM and 10 cases of Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM) were included in this study. With 1.5 T MRI scanner, the heart shape (atrioventricular size, hypertrabeculation, thickness of the thinnest ventricular wall), function (ventricular wall movement and the overall function), cardiomyopathy perfusion were comprehensively evaluated. Paired samples t?test and Fisher exact probability method were used for statistical analysis. Results Between PPCM and IDCM group, there was no statistical significant difference in the atrioventricular size, cardiac output(CO), end diastolic volume(EDV), ejection fraction (EF), end systolic volume (ESV) and stroke volume (SV) (P>0.05). IDCM and PPCM group both showed ventricular wall thinning on MRI, with 4 cases of PPCM and 3 cases of IDCM presenting hypertrabeculation in the left ventricular apex. Seven cases of PPCM and 4 cases of IDCM depicted left ventricular local dysfunction, while 3 cases of PPCM and 6 cases of IDCM had abnormal integral movement. Two cases of PPCM appeared local delayed enhancement, while 4 cases of IDCM showed intramural delayed enhancement. After one year of follow?up, heart function recovered in 10 cases of PPCM and 4 cases of IDCM. Conclusions MRI diagnosis using multiple sequences is an ideal method in the evaluation of PPCM. Although there were no differences in cardiac morphology and function between PPCM and IDCM, the prognosis of PPCM is better than IDCM.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the interaction of prenatal care indexes including weeks of initiation of prenatal care, number of prenatal care visits and maternal educational level on the risk of neonatal low birth weight (LBW).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Logistic Regression Model was performed to estimate the association including the interaction with OR and 95%CI between prenatal care indexes and LBW risk in all the subjects. Three educational levels(junior high, senior high, junior college) of mothers were also assessed. New variables of the prenatal care indexes were transformed using the quartiles, according to the distribution of the original variables on pregnant women with newborns of normal birth weight.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Whether the pregnant women were stratified by educational level, with the increasing number of prenatal care visits, LBW risk was shown a U-type tendency in different strata of educational levels, when comparing with the reference group, respectively. Compared to the baseline group, the OR and 95% CI of the third quartile on number of prenatal care visits were 0.48 (0.35-0.64), 0.55 (0.32-0.95), 0.50 (0.32-0.80), 0.36(0.20-0.66) in all subjects who had received educational levels as junior middle school, senior middle school or junior college degree ect., respectively. A significant interaction was shown between the number of prenatal care visits and maternal educational level on the neonatal LBW risk (χ² = 4.650 2, P = 0.031 1). However, no interaction was found between the week of initiation of prenatal care and maternal educational level on the neonatal LBW risk (χ² = 0.929 7, P = 0.334 9).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Data from our study indicated that there was a protective interaction on reducing the neonatal LBW risk between maternal educational level and the number of prenatal care visits, but not the weeks on the initiation of prenatal care. More prenatal care programs should be implemented among the pregnant women with lower educational level.</p>
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Adult , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Pregnancy , Young Adult , Educational Status , Gestational Age , Infant, Low Birth Weight , Logistic Models , Prenatal Care , Risk FactorsABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the interaction of prenatal care indexes including weeks of initiation of prenatal care,number of prenatal care visits and maternal educational level on the risk of neonatal low birth weight (LBW). Methods Logistic Regression Model was performed to estimate the association including the interaction with OR and 95%CI between prenatal care indexes and LBW risk in all the subjects. Three educational levels(junior high,senior high,junior college)of mothers were also assessed. New variables of the prenatal care indexes were transformed using the quartiles,according to the distribution of the original variables on pregnant women with newborns of normal birth weight. Results Whether the pregnant women were stratified by educational level,with the increasing number of prenatal care visits,LBW risk was shown a U-type tendency in different strata of educational levels,when comparing with the reference group,respectively. Compared to the baseline group,the OR and 95%CI of the third quartile on number of prenatal care visits were 0.48 (0.35-0.64),0.55(0.32-0.95),0.50(0.32-0.80),0.36(0.20-0.66)in all subjects who had received educational levels as junior middle school,senior middle school or junior college degree ect., respectively. A significant interaction was shown between the number of prenatal care visits and maternal educational level on the neonatal LBW risk(χ2=4.650 2,P=0.031 1). However,no interaction was found between the week of initiation of prenatal care and maternal educational level on the neonatal LBW risk(χ2=0.929 7,P=0.334 9). Conclusion Data from our study indicated that there was a protective interaction on reducing the neonatal LBW risk between maternal educational level and the number of prenatal care visits,but not the weeks on the initiation of prenatal care. More prenatal care programs should be implemented among the pregnant women with lower educational level.
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Objective To investigate the interaction of prenatal care indexes including weeks of initiation of prenatal care,number of prenatal care visits and maternal educational level on the risk of neonatal low birth weight (LBW). Methods Logistic Regression Model was performed to estimate the association including the interaction with OR and 95%CI between prenatal care indexes and LBW risk in all the subjects. Three educational levels(junior high,senior high,junior college)of mothers were also assessed. New variables of the prenatal care indexes were transformed using the quartiles,according to the distribution of the original variables on pregnant women with newborns of normal birth weight. Results Whether the pregnant women were stratified by educational level,with the increasing number of prenatal care visits,LBW risk was shown a U-type tendency in different strata of educational levels,when comparing with the reference group,respectively. Compared to the baseline group,the OR and 95%CI of the third quartile on number of prenatal care visits were 0.48 (0.35-0.64),0.55(0.32-0.95),0.50(0.32-0.80),0.36(0.20-0.66)in all subjects who had received educational levels as junior middle school,senior middle school or junior college degree ect., respectively. A significant interaction was shown between the number of prenatal care visits and maternal educational level on the neonatal LBW risk(χ2=4.650 2,P=0.031 1). However,no interaction was found between the week of initiation of prenatal care and maternal educational level on the neonatal LBW risk(χ2=0.929 7,P=0.334 9). Conclusion Data from our study indicated that there was a protective interaction on reducing the neonatal LBW risk between maternal educational level and the number of prenatal care visits,but not the weeks on the initiation of prenatal care. More prenatal care programs should be implemented among the pregnant women with lower educational level.