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OBJECTIVE@#To quantitatively assess cardiac functions in patients with cardiac amyloidosis (CA) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) using cardiac magnetic resonance-feature tracking (CMR-FT) technique and evaluate the prognostic value of CMR-FT in patients with CA.@*METHODS@#We retrospectively collected the data from 31 CA patients with systemic amyloidosis confirmed by Congo red staining and serum immunohistochemistry after extracardiac tissue biopsy undergoing CMR at our hospital from March, 2013 to June, 2021.Thirty-one age and gender matched patients with asymmetric left ventricular wall hypertrophy and 31 healthy individuals without organic or functional heart disease served as the controls.Radial, circumferential and longitudinal strains and strain rates of the left ventricle at the global level and in each myocardial segment (basal, middle and apical) were obtained with CMR-FT technique and compared among the 3 groups.The predictive value of myocardial strains and strain rates for all-cause mortality in CA patients was analyzed using a stepwise COX regression model.@*RESULTS@#The left ventricular volume, myocardial mass, ejection fraction and cardiac output differed significantly among the groups (P < 0.05).Except for apical longitudinal strain, the global and segmental strains were all significantly lower in CA group than in HCM group (P < 0.05).The global and segmental strains were all significantly lower in CA group than in the healthy individuals (P < 0.05).The basal strain rates in the 3 directions were significantly lower in CA group than in the healthy individuals (P < 0.05), but the difference in apical strain rates was not statistically significant between the two groups.Multivariate stepwise COX analysis showed that troponin T (HR=1.05, 95%CI: 1.01-1.10, P=0.017) and middle peak diastolic circumferential strain rate (HR=6.87, 95%CI: 1.52-31.06, P=0.012) were strong predictors of death in CA patients.@*CONCLUSION@#Strain and strain rate parameters derived from CMR-FT based on cine sequences are new noninvasive imaging markers for assessing cardiac impairment in CA and cardiac function changes in HCM, and provide independent predictive information for all-cause mortality in CA patients.
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Humans , Retrospective Studies , Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine/methods , Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/diagnostic imaging , Ventricular Function, Left , Stroke Volume , Amyloidosis/diagnostic imaging , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Prognosis , Predictive Value of TestsABSTRACT
Objective:To investigate the ability and current situation of nursing undergraduates to use social media for health education, and analyze the impact of social media health education experience on the ability of nursing undergraduates to use social media, so as to provide reference information for the design of nursing undergraduates' health education courses in the future.Methods:Using the convenient sampling method,from May to September 2019, 147 nursing undergraduates from four medical colleges in Beijing were selected, and the general information questionnaire and the Chinese version of Social Media Competency Inventory were used for the questionnaire survey. Using the objective sampling method, the 20 nursing undergraduates were selected for semi-structured interview.Results:57.14%(84/147) of nursing undergraduates had used social media for health education at the undergraduate stage. Among the scores of all dimensions of social media ability, the scores of social media self-efficacy (4.42 points per item) and performance expectation (3.31 points per item) were higher. In the interview, nursing undergraduates believed that after college training, the ability of using publicity tools and making carriers, the ability of information selection and transmission, the ability of teamwork and other social media applications were improved.Conclusions:The current situation of applying social media to health education for nursing undergraduates needs to be further improved, and the ability of applying social media to health education has great room for improvement. Social media health education experience can effectively improve their abilities related to social media application.It is suggested that the relevant courses and training of applying social media to health education should be promoted in undergraduate nursing education in Colleges and universities.
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OBJECTIVE@#To explore the molecular basis for a pedigree affected with Darier-White disease.@*METHODS@#Genomic DNA was isolated from 3 patients and 1 unaffected member from the pedigree, as well as 80 healthy controls. Targeted sequence capture and next-generation sequencing were used to screen mutations of skin disease-related genes. Candidate mutations were verified by Sanger sequencing, and co-segregation analysis was carried out to confirm the pathogenicity of mutation. Conservation analysis and protein structure and function were also predicted with Bioinformatic tools.@*RESULTS@#A heterozygous mutation c.2246G>T (p.G749V) was identified in exon 15 of ATP2A2 gene in all 3 patients from the pedigree, but not in the unaffected member or 80 healthy controls. The corresponding amino acid was highly conserved, and mutation of which can lead to structural and functional changes of the protein.@*CONCLUSION@#The c.2246G>T missense mutation of the ATP2A2 gene probably underlies the Darier-White disease in this pedigree by causing damages to the structure and function of sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase 2 (SERCA2).
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Humans , Darier Disease , Genetics , Heterozygote , Mutation, Missense , Pedigree , Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases , GeneticsABSTRACT
Objective To compare the clinical efficacy between laparoscopy and open cholecystectomy for patients of acute calculous cholecystitis. Methods Fifty patients of acute cholecystitis from February 2014 to February 2017 were divided into control group treated with open cholecystectomy and observation group with laparoscopic cholecystectomy;a retrospective analysis was conducted to compare time of resuming peristaltic sound ,postoperative 24h VAS score and hospitalization time. Results There were shorter time of resuming peristaltic sound,higher postoperative 24 h VAS score and shorter hospitalization time in observation group when compared with those in control group (P < 0.05). Conclusions For patients of acute calculous cholecystitis , laparoscopic cholecystectomy,is conducive to shortening patient′s recovery time,alleviating patients′ pain signifi-cantly and decreasing the incidence of complication.
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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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Objective To evaluate the effect of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) on lung injury induced by hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) in rats.Methods Sixty healthy male SpragueDawley rats, aged 6-8 weeks, weighing 220-280 g, were randomly divided into 3 groups (n=20 each) using a random number table: sham operation group (group S) , hepatic I/R group (group I/R), and rHuEPO group (group E).I/R and E groups underwent I/R of 70 percent of the liver.The rHuEPO 4 000 U/kg was injected intraperitoneally at 24 h before I/R in group E, while the equal volume of normal saline was given in S and I/R groups.The rats were sacrificed at 3 h of reperfusion, and lungs were removed and cut into sections which were stained with haematoxylin and eosin and examined under light microscope.Wet to dry lung weight ratio (W/D ratio) was calculated.The expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in lung tissues was determined by immunohistochemistry.The content of malondialdehyde (MDA), and activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) in lung tissues were detected.Results Compared with group S, the W/D ratio, MDA content, and MPO activity were significantly increased, the SOD activity was decreased, the expression of HO-1 and iNOS was up-regulated (P＜0.05) , and the pathological changes of lung tissues were obvious in E and I/R groups.Compared with group I/R, the W/D ratio, MDA content, and MPO activity were significantly decreased, the SOD activity was increased, the expression of HO-1 was up-regulated, the expression of iNOS was down-regulated (P＜0.05) , and the pathological changes of lung tissues were reduced in group E.Conclusion The rHuEPO can alleviate hepatic I/R-induced lung injury in rats, and the mechanism may be related to up-regulated expression of HO-1 and down-regulated expression of iNOS.
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It remains a common problem that the evaluation model of course learning for stu-dents is so simple in the higher education of China. Moreover, the teachers are usually used to evalu-ating student's course learning by summative appraisal and ignore process appraisal, so that the stu-dents are usually lack of learning enthusiasm for self study. Besides, the course learning evaluation of students generally lacks the uniform and detail standard in the country. To resolve these problems, a comprehensive evaluation model of course learning based on the principle of talent evaluation has been practiced and improved since 2007 in some basic medical courses at our university. This model is composed of four parts:the evaluation of mastering basic knowledge, the evaluation of the ability to resolve problems through applied knowledge, the evaluation of practical study and the evaluation of learning initiatives. The model has showed in the practice the characteristics of powerful operability, pluralistic evaluating indicators, combining summative appraisal and process one, reflecting objectively the mastering degree of expertise of students and promoting the self-study of students.
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Molecular biology is the fundamental course of life science,and its experimental teaching is difficult to offer due to its long process and need of expensive equipments.Virtual laboratory platform is an important approach for practice teaching in recent years.This article discussed the advantages and requirements,provided the experience of its applying at our university,and suggested that virtual laboratory platform can play a key role in molecular biology experimental teaching.
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Objective To clone and sequence human OPRMI-EXON1, mark it by way of nonisotope-biotin-label, and prepare its probe to study the expression and function of human OPRMI-EXON1. Methods The target gene fragment was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and connected to the pGEM-T vector plasmid, then recombined and cloned in competent cell. After that, it was identified by cutting with restriction endonucleases and gene sequence. Finally, we marked it and prepared its probe by nonisotope-biotin-label technique. Results It was demonstrated that the target gene length (2.2kb) amplified by polymerase chain reaction had the same size with the reckoned size in theory and had the same sequence with that of NCBI database. The probe which was used to study the opioid receptor gene was successfully prepared. Conclusion The human OPRMI-EXON1 can be successfully cloned and the probe successfully prepared from the genome, which creates a favorable basis for further research of the morphine-related genes and the expression of their dependence.