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Objective To explore the risk factors for sudden cardiac death(SCD)after revascularization in patients with coronary heart disease and heart failure.Methods This study was a retrospective analysis of 1683 patients with coronary heart disease whose left veatricalar ejection fraction(LVEF)≤40％within 30 days before revascularization.Patients were categorized into 2 groups according their clinical outcome as with or without SCD.Their clinical,angiographic and echocardiographic characteristics were reviewed and compared.The average follow-up time was 1803 days.Results There were total 59 SCD cases.The Cox regression analysis revealed that tricuspid regurgitation(HR 2.217,95％CI 1.285-3.827,P=0.004),lef t main with triple-vessel disease(HR 3.089,95％CI 1.310-7.283,P=0.010),uric acid levels(HR 1.003,95％CI 1.001-1.005,P=0.006)were independent risk factors of SCD.Conclusions The risk of sudden cardiac death after revascularization in coronary artery disease patients with heart failure were significantly higher in patients with tricuspid regurgitation,left main with triple-vessel disease and high uric acid levels.
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The present study was designed to investigate the effect of cultivated Cordyceps sinensis (CCS) on leukemia-derived K562 cells, and further explore the underlying mechanisms. After routine culture of K562 cells, MTT assay was used to detect the effect of CCS on survivel of human leukemia cell lines K562;DAPI staining was used to observe the morphological changes of the nucleus and AO/EB staining was used to observe cell apoptosis. JC-1 staining was employed to detect the changes in mitochondrial membrane potential. Flow cytometry (FCM) was used to detect cell cycle distribution, and Western blot analysis was used to detect the expression levels of Bax, Bcl-2, caspase 3, caspase 8, cyclin D1, CDK2, and CDK4 in K562 cells. The results showed that CCS (0.345-5.524 g·L⁻¹) substantially suppressed proliferation of K562 cells and induced G₁/S phase arrest in a dose-dependent manner. DAPI and AO/EB staining indicated that cell apoptosis was significantly induced by CCS treatment, accompanied by decreased mitochondrial membrane potential demonstrated by JC-1 staining. Western blot results showed that CCS significantly increased the expression of Bax and, meanwhile, decreased the expression levels of Bcl-2, cyclin D1, CDK2, CDK4, caspase 3 and caspase 8. Collectively, our data demonstrated that CCS dose-dependently suppressed cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis in K562 cells, and the mechanism might be associated with inducing cell cycle arrest, regulating Bcl-2/Bax ratio and activating the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway.
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<p><b>AIM</b>To investigate the combined effect of cosolvent and cyclodextrin (CD) on solubilization of insoluble drugs.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Phase-solubility method was applied to determine solubilization of two diterpenoids in cosolvent / cyclodextrin combinations. The combined effect was evaluated and explained with an established mathematical model, and the model parameters were calculated by means of nonlinear regression analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The strong agreement between the predicted and the observed solubility data supports the validity of the proposed model, with the determination coefficients of two regression models were 0.993 and 0.992, separately.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The validated mathematical model can be used to explain and predict the combined solubilization of the two insoluble drugs in different cosolvent systems.</p>