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The intubation of conventional transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) probes into patients causes serious esophagus irritation,and thus the use of TEE probes in pediatric practice is limited.In this study,we aimed at the development of a special probe which could be inserted through the nasopharyngeal cavity into the esophagus to obtain the same high-quality echocardiography images as those obtained by conventional TEE and improve patients' experience.During the examination,the patients felt relaxed for a longer time and cooperated with the sonographers in the process of cardiac catheterization conducted in the surgery room or the intensive care unit (ICU),resulting in improved accuracy of the diagnosis and timely administration of appropriate treatment.Two years ago,Prof.Xin-fang WANG put theories into practice by inserting the probe through the nasal cavity and pharynx into the esophagus of volunteers to successfully detect the heart and great vessels at the retrocardiac space.Later,Prof.Ming-xing XIE performed the transnasal TEE examination in 12 atrial septal defect (ASD) patients and proved the safety and reliability of this method,which could become a new way for clinical diagnosis and treatment.
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In order to investigate the anti-tumor angiogenesis activity with a recombinant Ag43/FGFR1 chimeric protein(AF)vaccine in a mouse H22 hepatoma model,tumor volume and survival rate of the mice were studied at a 3-day interval,Microvessel density(MVD)was detected by immunohistochemistry.The endothelial deposition of autoantibodies within tumor tissues was examined by immunofluorescent staining,and anti-FGFR1 antibody-producing B cells(APBCs)were tested by enzyme-linked immunospot(ELISPOT)assay.Compared with the three control groups,the tumor volume was significantly decreased and the survival time was significantly prolonged in AF-immunized group(P<0.05).The number of APBCs in AF-immunized mice(129.6±10.9)was more than in controls[6.2±1.1(FGFR1),6.0±1.2(Ag43)and 5.2±1.4(NS),P<0.01].Moreover,the endothelial deposition of autoantibodies was found in tumor tissues from AF-immunized mice,but not in control groups.MVD in AF-immunized group was significantly lower than in FGFR1-immunized group,Ag43-immunized group and NS group(10.3±3.1 vs 39.4±8.6 vs 42.3±9.8 and 43.6±10.6,P<0.01).These findings demonstrated that the AF protein vaccine effectively inhibited tumor angiogenesis and growth via production of autoantibodies against self-FGFR1.
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We studied the wall motion characteristics of the ascending aorta by velocity vector im-aging (VVI) in primary hypertension patients.The ascending aortas both in 30 patients with primary hypertension and 30 normal controls were examined by Acuson sequoia 512 equiped with VVI.The maximum velocity (Vs,Ve) of every point on the anterior wall of ascending aorta both in systole and diastole was measured.The aortic diameter was wider in the hypertension patients than that in the healthy subjects (P<0.05).The movement amplitude of the anterior wall of the ascending aorta in long axis view in the hypertension patients was lower than that in the healthy subjects (P<0.05).The motion and time to peak in systole of each point of the ascending aorta in the healthy subjects had no significant difference (P>0.05).The velocity curves of the anterior wall of ascending aorta both in the hypertension and healthy subjects were regular,and the curve in systole was named S wave and that in diastole named E wave.The velocity of S wave and E wave was slower in the hypertension pa-tients than that in the healthy subjects (P<0.05).The time to peak of S wave on the anterior wall of ascending aorta in systole was shorter in the hypertension patients than in the healthy subjects (P<0.05).VVI could be used to accurately and directly observe the movement character of the as-cending aorta walls,which would help us understand the elasticity of great arteries in patients with hypertension.