Inter- and intra-observer variability for the assessment of coronary artery tree description and lesion EvaluaTion (CatLet©) angiographic scoring system in patients with acute myocardial infarction / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

BACKGROUND@#Previously, we developed a novel Coronary Artery Tree description and Lesion EvaluaTion (CatLet©) angiographic scoring system, which was capable of accounting for the variability in the coronary anatomy and assisting in the risk-stratification of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Our preliminary study revealed that the CatLet score better predicted clinical outcomes for AMI patients than the Synergy between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery score. However, the reproducibility of the CatLet score in both inter- and intra-observer remains to be evaluated.@*METHODS@#A total of 30 consecutive AMI patients, admitted in September of 2015, were independently assessed by two experienced interventional cardiologists to evaluate the inter-observer reproducibility of the CatLet score. Another set of 49 consecutive AMI patients, admitted between September and October in 2014, were assessed by one of the two interventional cardiologists on two occasions 3 months apart to evaluate the intra-observer reproducibility of the CatLet score. The weighted kappa was used to express the degree of agreement.@*RESULTS@#The weighted kappa values (95% confidence interval) for the intra- and inter-observer reproducibility of the CatLet Score were 0.82 (0.59-1.00, Z = 7.23, P 22). Regarding the adverse characteristics pertinent to lesions and dominance parameters, the kappa values for the inter-observer variability were 0.80 (0.56-1.00, Z = 6.47, P < 0.001) for total number of lesions, 0.57 (0.28-0.85, Z = 3.03, P < 0.001) for bifurcation, 0.69 (0.43-0.96, Z = 5.06, P < 0.001) for heavy calcification, 1.00 (0.72-1.00, Z = 6.93, P < 0.001) for tortuosity, 0.54 (0.26-0.82, Z = 3.78, P < 0.001) for thrombus, 0.69 (0.48-0.91, Z = 6.29, P < 0.001) for right coronary artery dominance, 0.69 (0.41-0.96, Z = 4.91, P < 0.001) for left anterior descending artery length, and 0.22 (0.06-0.51, Z = 1.56, P = 0.06) for diagonal size. Equivalent values for the intra-observer variability were moderate to almost perfect (range 0.54-1.00).@*CONCLUSIONS@#The reproducibility of the CatLet angiographic scoring system for evaluation of the coronary angiograms ranged from substantial to excellent. The high reproducibility of the CatLet angiographic scoring system will boost its clinical application to patients with AMI.

Simultaneous evaluation of the effect of capsaicin on the activities of CYP1A2, 2C11 and 3 A by cocktail probe drug method / 中国药学杂志

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of capsaicin on the activities of CYP1A2, 2C11 and 3A in rats by cocktail probe drug method. METHODS: Male rats were randomly divided into six groups. Three groups of rats (group A, B and C) were orally given capsaicin 25 mg · kg-1 once daily for 1, 3, 7 d, respectively. The other three groups (group a, b and c) received orally 0.5% carboxymethylcellulose sodium (CMC-Na) once daily for 1, 3, 7 d, respectively, as the blank control groups. Plasma was collected at different time after drug administration. The concentrations of caffeine, tolbutamide and dapsone in plasma were determined by HPLC method. The plasma concentration-time data was analyzed with DAS2.1.1 software to obtain the pharmacokinetic parameters of the cocktail probe drugs. RESULTS: Compared with the blank control group, the AUC0-t AUC0-t and pmax of caffeine in group C significantly decreased, along with significant increase of CL/F. The AUC0-t and pmax of tolbutamide in group C both significantly decreased compared with the blank control group. Meanwhile, the AUC0-t and AUC0-t of dapsone in group C significantly decreased, along with significant increase of CL/F and V/F. CONCLUSION: Capsaicin may significantly induce the activities of CYP1A2, CYP2C11 and CYP3A in rats after consecutive administration for 7 d. Reduced therapeutic efficacy of the drugs metabolized by CYP1A2, CYP2C11 and CYP3A should be anticipated during long-term administration of capsaicin.

Effect of extracted liquid from qianlietongyu on the proliferation and apoptosis on prostatic smooth muscle cells in vitro / 中华男科学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the effect of extracted liquid from Qianlietongyu on the proliferation or apoptosis on prostatic smooth muscle cells in vitro.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>After extracted liquid from Qianlietongyu treated the cultured prostatic smooth muscle cells, the anti proliferative and apoptotic indices were assessed by MTT assy and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) respectively.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There was a significant dose-effect relationship between the concentration of extracted liquid from Qianlietongyu and the antiproliferative index on prostatic smooth muscle cells in vitro (P < 0.01), but there was no markedly difference in the apoptosis index between the group of extracted liquid from Qianlietongyu and control group ( P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Extracted liquid from Qianlietongyu may show significant antiproliferative effect on prostatic smooth muscle cells in vitro, without inducing apoptosis.</p>