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Objective To observe the ehanges in plasma OX40L level in patients with stable angina pectoris (SAP) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and to investigate the relationship between OX40L level and prognosis in patients with SAP.Methods We collected 200 cases of SAP after PCI.Plasma OX40L levels were examined at different time points,including before and after stent placement,in all patients withSAP.The patients with SAP were followed up for 18 months,and the end point was adverse cardiovascular events.Results The plasma OX40L level increased more apparently after PCI than before PCI (P ＜ 0.05) and peaked at 24 hours.We followed up 185 patients successfully,including 39 (21.08％) patients with and 146 (78.92％) without adverse cardiovascular events.The mean maximum OX40L level was higher in patients with than in those without adverse events (P ＜ 0.05).Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that the mean maximum OX40L level was related to adverse cardiovascular events (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion PCI may cause upregulation of plasma OX40L expression.Mean maximum OX40L level showed good clinical predictive value of occurrence of cardiovascular events 18 months after PCI.
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Objective To investigate the effects and the mechanisms of tissue factor pathway inhibitor（TFPI）on no-reflow（NR）after acute myocardial infarction（AMI）and reperfusion in rabbits.Methods Rabbits were randomly divided into sham operation group,saline control group and TFPI group.The model of NR after AMI and reperfusion was induced by ligating coronary artery for 60 minutes and reperfusion for 90 minutes.The expressions of interleukin-6（IL-6）,tumor necrosis factor alpha（TNF-α）and tissue factor（TF）were determined by immunohistochemistry.No-reflow area（NRA）was evaluated by thioflavine S staining.The ligation area（LA）and necrosis area（NA） were evaluated by Evans blue and triphenyltetra zolium chloride（TTC）staining.Results After 90 minutes of reperfusion,the levels of IL6 and TF in saline control group were all singnificantly higher than those of TFPI and sham operation group（P 0.05）.There was no statistical difference in the expression of TNF-α（P 0.05）.There was no statistical difference of LA between saline control group and TFPI group（P 0.05）,while NRA and NA were markedly reduced in TFPI group compared with saline control group（P 0.05,P 0.01）.Conclusion No-reflow happened after ligating coronary artery for 60 minutes and reperfusion for 90 minutes in rabbits.TFPI could reduce NRA and NA,and the thrombosis and inflammation might be involved in the mechanisms.