简介：BackgroundHybridcoronaryrevascularization(HCR)isanalternativecoronaryrevascularizationstrategythatcombinesaminimallyinvasive,survivaladvantageoftheleftinternalmammaryartery(LIMA)-leftanteriordescending(LAD)coronaryarterybypasswithless-invasivepercutaneouscoronaryintervention(PCI)tonon-LADcoronarylesionsbyusingdrug-elutingstents.Wereportourexperienceofhybridminimallyinvasiveapproachin15patients.MethodsFromDecember2012toOctober2013,15patientsunderwentrevascularizationoftheleftanteriordescendingarterythroughminimallyinvasivecoronaryarterybypassgrafting(MIDCAB).Allpatientsbyendoscopicassistbeatingheartcoronaryarterybypassgrafting.Sevenpatientswerescheduledforahybridprocedure.Percutaneouscoronaryinterventionofnon-LADwasperformed3to5dayspreoperatively.Demographicdata,perioperativeoutcome,andannualfollow-upwereobtainedfromallthepatients.ResultsIn-hospitalmortalitywas6.67%.Therateofconversiontofullmediansternotomywas13.3%.Ventilationtimewas6.9±5.1h.Bloodlossvolumewas241±67.8mL.ICUstaywas21.3±10.8h.Hospitalpostoperativestaylastedfor7.5±1.3days.PriortoPCIpatientsshowed100%patentLIMA(Tables3and4).Ameanfollow-upwas8.5months.Oneyeargraftpatencyratewas100%(8/8patientsfor254-slicetomography).Twopatientsrequiredreintervention.ConclusionsMinimallyinvasivehybridcoronaryrevascularizationisasafe,feasibleandefficaciousapproachwithgoodresultsandshouldbeperformedinselectedpatientsbysurgeonswithexperienceinminimallyinvasivebypasssurgerypluscollaborationwithcardiologists.elutingstents.

简介：标题MINI研究:一个关于对比阿加曲班或肝素作为组织型纤溶酶原激活剂(tPA)的附加剂应用于急性心肌梗死患者的多中心、随机临床试验作者JangI-K,BrownDFM,GinglianoRP,etal

简介：BackgroundThroughaministernotomy'J'shapedapproach,leftinternalmammaryartery(LIMA)bypassgraftingtotheleftanteriordescendingartery(LAD)canbeperformedsafelyoff-pump.Toachieveacompleterevascularization,percutaneouscoronaryinterventions(PCI)withdrugelutingstentimplantationtoothercoronaryarterieswasused.Wereportedoutcomesofthetreatmentofmultivesselcoronaryarterydiseasewithminimallyinvasivecoronaryarterybypass(MICAB)andPCI.MethodsBetweenJanuary2009andDec2012,14patients(11males,3females,meanagewas64.8±10.1years.Two-vesseldiseaseaccountfor35.7%(5/14)ofthesepatients,three-vesseldisease64.2%(9/14)(Table1).Allpatientsunderwentaminimallyinvasivecoronaryarterybypassgraftingviamini-sternotomy'J'shapedapproach.SevenpatientswerefollowedbyPCI,7forobtusemarginalcircumflex,5forrightcoronaryartery(RCA).AngiographicassessmentofgraftpatencywasperformedinallpatientsduringthePCIprocedure.Theclinicalfollow-upperiodlastsfrom11-24months.ResultsThein-hospitalmortalitywas0%.Therewasneitherconversiontoafullmediansternotomynorintraoperativecomplications.Ventilationtimewas6.6±4.1h.Bloodlossranged341±78.8mL.ICUstayranged22.3±12.8h.Hospitalpostoperativestaylastedfor6.5±1.6days.PriortoPCIpatientsshowed100%patentleftinternalmammaryartery.Onepatienthadmediastinitis(Tables2-3).Rateoffreedomfromcardiacreinterventionduringthefollow-upperiodwas92.8%(13/14).ConclusionsTheinferiorJ-shapedsternotomyissimple,reproducible,andthesafesttechniqueforperformingminimallyinvasivecoronarybypasssurgery.MICAB+PCIisalsosafe,feasibleandefficacious.

简介：PatientswithAcuteCoronarySyndrome(ACS)areaclinicalcontinuum-withpatientspresentingwithunstableanginaononeend,withpatientswithSTelevationmyocardialinfarction(STEMI)attheotherendofthespectrum.Inbetweenarethosewithnon-ST

简介：BackgroundThoracoscopicminimallyinvasivepectusexcavatumrepair(Nussoperation)featuresitslittletrauma,simple,shortoperationtime,andgoodoutcomecomparedwithtraditionaltreatmentofpectusexcavatumsurgery-sternalelevation(Ravitchoperation)andsternalturnover.Theeffectoftheoperationonpatients’heartandheartfunctionremainsunclear.ThisstudyaimedtounderstandthechangesofelectrocardiogramandcardiacfunctionafterNussprocedure.MethodsFrom2008Januaryto2013July,thoracoscopicNussoperationwasperformedin217patientswithpectusexcavatum.Allthepatientsunderwentthepreoperative,postoperativedetectionofECGandcardiacfunctionin3monthsto1yearafteroperation.ResultsAfter3monthsto1yearfollow-up,arrhythmiaspersistedin46outof135patientswithpreoperativesymptoms(P<0.05);Strokevolumeandcardiacoutputsignificantlyincreased(P<0.05);Andcardiacparametersgreatlyimproved(P<0.05).ConclusionsMinimallyinvasiverepairofpectusexcavatumdeformitycancorrectthechestmalformation,alleviatearrhythmia,andimprovecardiacfunction.

简介：ObjectivesEndothelialdysfunctionistheearliestmarkerforatherosclerosisandplayskeyroleinthepathogenesisofcardiovasculardiseases.Thepresentstudywasperformedtoevaluateeffectofagingonarterialelasticitybyusingpulsewaveformanalysisandinvestigatewhetherthechangesinarterialelasticitycanbeusedasanon-invasivemeasureforearlydetectionofendothelialdysfunction.MethodsUsingmodifiedWindkesselmodelofthecirculationandpulsewaveformanalysis,C1largearteryandC2smallarteryelasticityindicesof204normalhealthysubjects(age15-80years)weremeasured.Amongthemtwenty-fourmalehealthysubjectsweredividedintoboththeyoung(age20-30years,n=12)andelderly(age60-70years,n=12)groups.Wedeliveredacethycholine(Ach),anendotheliumdependentvasodilator,andsodiumnitroprusside(SNP),anendothelium-independentvasodilator,todermalvesselsoftheforearmusingiontophoresis,respectively,andmeasuredbasalandpeakbloodflowusinglaserdopplerfluximetry.ResultsC1largearteryandC2smallarteryelasticityindiceswerereducedwithadvancingage.C1largearteryandC2smallarteryelasticityindiceswerenegativelycorrelatedwithage(r=-0.628,p＜0.001;r=-0.595,p＜0.001).Basalbloodflowwassimilarbetweentheyoungandelderlygroups(14.58±3.4vs13.52±3.41PU,p=NS).PeakbloodflowinducedbyAchwassignificantlyreducedintheelderlygroupcomparedwiththeyounggroup(83.4±11.9vs93.75±10.87PU,p＜0.05).However,peakbloodflowinducedbySNPwassimilarinthetwogroups(119.17±16.76vs128.33±21.29PU,p=NS).Ach-inducedpeakbloodflowcorrelatedpositivelywithC1largearteryandC2smallarteryelasticityindices(r=0.56,p＜0.01;r=0.53,p＜0.01).ConclusionsAdvancingageleadstoimpairedarteryelasticityandendothelialdysfunction.Reducedarterialelasticityis,inparallel,associatedwithdiminishedendothelium-dependentvasodilation.Itisconcludedthata