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Objective To evaluate the relationship between the perfusion mode of neovascularization of carotid plaque in CEUS and the ischemic stroke in transient ischemic attack (TIA) patient.Methods A total of 73 TIA patients according to the inclusive criteria were enrolled.All the patients underwent routine carotid ultrasonic examination.And 61 patients with plaque thicker than 2.5 mm in carotid bifurcation underwent CEUS and follow-up for at least 18 months.All the patients were divided into recurrent and non-recurrent groups.Logistic regression analysis were performed to detect the risk factors for incurrence of ischemic stroke or recurrence of TIA in 18 months.Results There were statistical differences between 2 groups in hypertension,diabetes,hyperlipemia,smoking history,family history of stroke,medication compliance,two-dimensional ultrasound and CEUS characteristics (all P＜0.05).Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that all the factors correlated with the recurrency,from big to small order were the CEUS characteristics of carotid plaque,hypertension,medication compliance,diabetes,two-dimensional ultrasound characteristics of carotid plaque.Conclusion CEUS could evaluate the perfusion mode of neovascularization in carotid plaques.For TIA patients,CEUS could predict the incurrence of ischemic stroke or recurrence of TIA,which can guide TIA patients targeted prophylaxis of them.
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A stable HMG-CoA reductase (HMGR) reaction in vitro was developed by a sensitive, selective and precise liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) method. The optimized enzyme reac-tion condition contained 1.5μg of HMGR, 20 nM of NADPH with 50 min of reaction time. The method was validated by several intra-and inter-day assays. The production transitions of m/z 147.0/59.1 and m/z 154.0/59.1 were used to detect and quantify mevalonolactone (MVAL) and MVAL-D7, respectively. The accuracy and precision of the method were evaluated over the concentration range of 0.005–1.000μg/mL for MVAL and 0.010–0.500μg/mL for lovastatin acid in three validation batch runs. The lower limit of quantitation was found to be 0.005μg/mL for MVAL and 0.010μg/mL for lovastatin acid. Intra-day and inter-day precision ranged from 0.95%to 2.39%and 2.26%to 3.38%for MVAL, 1.46%to 3.89%and 0.57% to 5.10% for lovastatin acid, respectively. The results showed that the active ingredients in Xuezhikang capsules were 12.2 and 14.5 mg/g, respectively. This assay method could be successfully applied to the quality control study of Xuezhikang capsule for the first time.
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Objective To investigate the characteristics of the depression during emotional processing.Methods 24 participants with first episode of depression and healthy controls were assessed with HAMD scale,using DTI to dectect values of white matter FA,and using fMRI with pictures of emotional stimuli;thus results related with imagings were produced.The results were statistically analyzed.Results The brain areas indicating FA values deference with statistial significance in depression patients compared with the control ones included:left and right frontal lobe (left frontal lobe depression group 0.324 ± 0.090,control group 0.467 ± 0.072,P ＜ 0.01),corpus callosum knee (depression group 0.614 ±0.146,control group 0.734 ±0.063,P＜0.01),anterior cingulate gyrus (depression group 0.222 ±0.035,control group 0.343 ±0.021,P＜0.01) ;the fronal FA values in depression grop were negatively correlated with the duration of bilateral frontal white matter (r =-0.555,P ＜ 0.01).The activation of emotional brain regions stimulated by pictures includes frontal cortex-subcortical reticular system,and the hypothalamus and limbic system.There was a significant difference between two groups.Conclusion There may be abnormal emotional processing dystunction in patients with depression.It may be the pathological basis to have frontal white matter fiber tracts broken.