Meta-Analysis of RAGE Gene Polymorphism and Coronary Heart Disease Risk

Background

Recent data from human and animal studies have shown an upregulated expression of advanced glycosylation end product–specific receptor (RAGE) in human atherosclerotic plaques 1 and in retina, messangial, and aortic vessels, suggesting an important role of RAGE in the pathogenesis of atherothrombotic diseases. In the past few years, the relationship between RAGE polymorphisms (−429T/C, −374T/A, and G82S) and coronary heart disease (CHD) has been reported in various ethnic groups; however, these studies have yielded contradictory results.

Methods

PubMed, ISI web of science, EMBASE and the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure databases were systematically searched to identify relevant studies. Data were abstracted independently by two reviewers. A meta-analysis was performed to examine the association between RAGE polymorphisms and susceptibility to CHD. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated.

Results

A total of 17 studies including 4343 patients and 5402 controls were involved in this meta-analysis. Overall, no significant results were observed for −429T/C (OR  = 1.01, 95% CI: 0.92–1.12, P  = 0.78), −374T/A (OR  = 1.11, 95% CI: 0.98–1.26, P  = 0.09) and G82S (OR  = 1.12, 95% CI: 0.86–1.45, P  = 0.41) polymorphism. In the stratified analyses according to ethnicity, sample size, CHD endpoint and Hardy-Weinberg status, no evidence of any gene-disease association was obtained.

Conclusions

This meta-analysis demonstrates that there is no association between the RAGE −429T/C, −374T/A and G82S polymorphisms and CHD.     

Associations between Interleukin-1 Gene Polymorphisms and Coronary Heart Disease Risk: A Meta-Analysis

Objective

A great number of studies regarding the associations between IL-1B-511, IL-1B+3954 and IL-1RN VNTR polymorphisms within the IL-1gene cluster and coronary heart disease (CHD) have been published. However, results have been inconsistent. In this study, a meta-analysis was performed to investigate the associations.

Methods

Published literature from PubMed and Embase databases were searched for eligible publications. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using random- or fixed- effect model.

Results

Thirteen studies (3,219 cases/2,445 controls) for IL-1B-511 polymorphism, nine studies (1,828 cases/1,818 controls) for IL-1B+3954 polymorphism and twelve studies (2,987 cases/ 2,208 controls) for IL-1RN VNTR polymorphism were included in this meta analysis. The results indicated that both IL-1B-511 and IL-1B+3954 polymorphisms were not associated with CHD risk (IL-1B-511 T vs. C: OR = 0.98, 95%CI 0.87–1.09; IL-1B+3954 T vs. C: OR = 1.06, 95%CI 0.95–1.19). Similarly, there was no association between IL-1RN VNTR polymorphism and CHD risk (*2 vs. L: OR = 1.00, 95%CI 0.85–1.17).

Conclusions

This meta-analysis suggested that there were no associations between IL-1 gene cluster polymorphisms and CHD.     

运动康复锻炼对冠心病经皮冠状动脉介入术后患者心肺功能及生活质量的影响

目的:探讨运动康复锻炼对冠心病经皮冠状动脉介入术(PCI)后患者心肺功能及生活质量的影响。方法:选取2016年10月-2018年4月期间我院收治的冠心病稳定性心绞痛患者80例,根据随机数字表法将患者分为对照组(n=40)和运动康复组(n=40),其中对照组给予常规康复运动,运动康复组在此基础上联合运动康复训练。比较两组患者术后12周的心肺功能指标,比较两组患者术前、术后2周、术后12周的6 min步行距离,比较两组患者术前、术后12周生活质量评分。结果:运动康复组患者术后12周峰值摄氧量、峰值通气量、峰值功率、每搏输出量、代谢当量以及摄氧效率斜率均高于对照组患者(P0.05)。两组患者术后2周、术后12周6 min步行距离均较术前增加,且运动康复组高于对照组(P0.05)。两组患者术后12周生理机能、生理职能、躯体疼痛、精神健康评分均较术前升高,且运动康复组高于对照组(P0.05);而两组患者术后12周社会功能、总体健康、精力、情感职能评分比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:PCI术后患者给予运动康复锻炼,可显著提升患者生活质量,对患者心肺功能恢复具有较好的促进作用。     

同型半胱氨酸与冠心病

随着社会的进步以及人类生活水平的提高,冠心痛的发病率也逐年提高,目前已经成为全球死亡率最高的疾病之一,同时医学水平的不断发展也使得人们对冠心病有了更进一步的研究.近年来同型半胱氨酸越来越受到人们的关注,众多研究表明,高同型半胱氨酸血症是冠心痛的独立危险因子,可以影响冠心病的严重程度及预后.但是迄今为止,同型半胱氨酸在冠心病发病中的确切机制尚不完全明确,认为主要与血管内皮损伤、血管平滑肌细胞增殖凋亡、破坏凝血纤溶系统、影响糖、蛋白质、脂质代谢等方面有关.针对高同型半胱氨酸血症的治疗,对于改善冠心病患者的预后有一定疗效.因此,本文就同型半胱氨酸冠心痛的关系作一综述,从而为临床更好的防治冠心痛提供相关的资料.     

Hematocrit and Coronary Heart Disease

Hematocrit values of patients with acute myocardial infarction have been reported by some workers to be higher than those found in controls; this has been denied by others. In these reported studies important postural, postprandial, age and stress effects have not been considered. In the present investigation hematocrits of healthy and coronary subjects were determined under the same “standard basal” conditions, in the morning hours, fasting or after a light breakfast, and in sitting position; patients studied had no acute illness or distress. A mean hematocrit of 49.1 ± 2.4% was observed in 66 men with chronic coronary disease and of 46.8 ± 3.2% in 68 healthy controls of the same age and sex, the difference being highly significant. The increased hematocrit and plasma viscosity in coronary patients creates significantly higher whole blood viscosity than that observed in healthy controls. This hemodynamic factor may be responsible for the development of clinical symptoms of coronary heart disease and possibly of the basic vascular disease itself.     

综合性心理干预对冠心病介入治疗患者抑郁焦虑及生活质量的影响

目的:探究综合性心理干预对冠心病介入治疗患者焦虑、抑郁及生活质量的影响。方法:选择2014年6月~2015年6月期间我院收治冠心病性介入治疗患者3280例为研究对象,采用随机数字法将其分为观察组(1648例)和对照组(1632例),观察组患者给予常规治疗、抗抑郁治疗及综合心理干预,对照组给予常规治疗、抗抑郁治疗;采用焦虑自评量表(SAS)、抑郁自评量表(SDS)评价患者治疗前后焦虑、抑郁状态,生活质量评价量表QLQ-C30量表评价患者治疗前后生活质量的变化情况。结果:两组患者在入院时SAS和SDS得分不存在差异(P0.05);干预1月后两组组患者的SAS和SDS得分均出现显著降低(P0.05),且观察组患者的SAS和SDS评分均明显低于对照组(P0.05);干预前两组患者生存质量各维度的评分均不存在显著差异(P0.05);干预1个月后两组患者躯体功能、角色功能、社会功能、情绪功能及总体症状较干预前均出现明显改善(P0.05),且干预后观察组患者躯体功能、角色功能、社会功能、情绪功能及总体症状均显著优于对照组(P0.05)。结论:冠心病介入治疗患者进行综合性心理干预能够改善患者心理状态,降低患者焦虑、抑郁情绪,提高生活质量,对临床冠心病的治疗有重要的意义。     

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Utility-Based Quality of Life in Chronic Kidney Disease Treatments

Background

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common and costly condition to treat. Economic evaluations of health care often incorporate patient preferences for health outcomes using utilities. The objective of this study was to determine pooled utility-based quality of life (the numerical value attached to the strength of an individual''s preference for a specific health outcome) by CKD treatment modality.

Methods and Findings

We conducted a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression of peer-reviewed published articles and of PhD dissertations published through 1 December 2010 that reported utility-based quality of life (utility) for adults with late-stage CKD. Studies reporting utilities by proxy (e.g., reported by a patient''s doctor or family member) were excluded.In total, 190 studies reporting 326 utilities from over 56,000 patients were analysed. There were 25 utilities from pre-treatment CKD patients, 226 from dialysis patients (haemodialysis, n = 163; peritoneal dialysis, n = 44), 66 from kidney transplant patients, and three from patients treated with non-dialytic conservative care. Using time tradeoff as a referent instrument, kidney transplant recipients had a mean utility of 0.82 (95% CI: 0.74, 0.90). The mean utility was comparable in pre-treatment CKD patients (difference = −0.02; 95% CI: −0.09, 0.04), 0.11 lower in dialysis patients (95% CI: −0.15, −0.08), and 0.2 lower in conservative care patients (95% CI: −0.38, −0.01). Patients treated with automated peritoneal dialysis had a significantly higher mean utility (0.80) than those on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (0.72; p = 0.02). The mean utility of transplant patients increased over time, from 0.66 in the 1980s to 0.85 in the 2000s, an increase of 0.19 (95% CI: 0.11, 0.26). Utility varied by elicitation instrument, with standard gamble producing the highest estimates, and the SF-6D by Brazier et al., University of Sheffield, producing the lowest estimates. The main limitations of this study were that treatment assignments were not random, that only transplant had longitudinal data available, and that we calculated EuroQol Group EQ-5D scores from SF-36 and SF-12 health survey data, and therefore the algorithms may not reflect EQ-5D scores measured directly.

Conclusions

For patients with late-stage CKD, treatment with dialysis is associated with a significant decrement in quality of life compared to treatment with kidney transplantation. These findings provide evidence-based utility estimates to inform economic evaluations of kidney therapies, useful for policy makers and in individual treatment discussions with CKD patients.     

The Pathology of Coronary Heart Disease

The distribution of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with ischemic heart disease is extensive, and involves at least two major coronary arteries. Thrombosis, occlusion by atheromatous debris and, infrequently, internal hemorrhage may produce final closure of the coronary artery. The anatomy of the coronary vessels, localization of occlusion, recanalization, the extent of intercoronary anastomoses and the physiological demands of the myocardium all affect the ultimate clinical expression of the basic occlusive process.     

Selective Coronary Arteriography: Arteriographic Patterns in Coronary Heart Disease

The severity and distribution of coronary arteriographic abnormalities have been reviewed in 88 patients with clinical evidence of coronary heart disease who were studied by Sones'' technique. The patients were divided into four groups: myocardial infarction without angina, myocardial infarction with angina, angina with normal resting electrocardiogram, angina with abnormal resting electrocardiogram.Arteriographic abnormalities were generally diffuse throughout the coronary circulation, and at least two vessels were involved in 84 patients. Although the frequency of lesions was similar in the four groups of patients, those with previous myocardial infarction had the highest incidence of complete obstruction. Patients with angina and a normal resting electrocardiogram showed the least severe obstructive lesions. The severity of the arteriographic abnormalities was independent of the duration of clinical symptoms, and it appears that diffuse involvement of the coronary arterial tree is usually present when symptoms develop.     

Positive Association between APOA5 rs662799 Polymorphism and Coronary Heart Disease: A Case-Control Study and Meta-Analysis

Objective

Apolipoprotein A5 (APOA5) is associated with plasma triglyceride (TG) levels, a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). This study explored the association between CHD and the APOA5 rs662799 polymorphism.

Methods

We collected 1,521 samples (783 CHD patients and 738 controls) for this case-control study. Meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager Software and Stata Software.

Results

Significant differences were observed between CHD cases and controls at the level of both genotype (χ² = 8.964, df = 2, P = 0.011) and allele (χ² = 9.180, df = 1, P = 0.002, OR = 1.275, 95% CI = 1.089–1.492). A breakdown analysis by gender showed a significant association of APOA5 rs662799 with CHD in males (χ² = 7.770, df = 1, P = 0.005; OR = 1.331, 95% CI = 1.088–1.628). An additional meta-analysis using 21378 cases and 28428 controls established that rs662799 is significantly associated with CHD (P < 0.00001).

Conclusion

Both our case-control study and meta-analysis confirm a significant association between APOA5 rs662799 and CHD. In addition, our results suggest a male-specific association between the APOA5 rs662799 polymorphism and CHD.     

冠状动脉CT造影对冠心病的临床诊断价值研究

目的：探讨研究冠状动脉CT造影检查对冠心病的临床诊断价值。方法：收集我院2012年1月至2013年10月共计70例临床怀疑为冠心病的患者,对这些患者分别进行冠状动脉CT造影检查和数字减影冠状动脉造影（DSA）检查,记录这两项检查所得结果及数据,以检查数据为基础对冠状动脉CT造影和数字减影冠状动脉造影检查的临床实验效果进行对比研究。结果：70例病人均可顺利完成以上两种检查,按照数字减影冠状动脉造影检查的标准,冠状动脉CT造影的敏感度为92.2%,特异度为97.4%、阳性预测率为90.5%、阴性预测率98%。结论：相对于数字减影冠状动脉造影检查,冠状动脉CT造影检查是一种更加安全、可靠、无创且更具临床指导意义的检测技术,因此可以推荐作为冠心病诊断的首选方法。     

Venous Graft Surgery in Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease

Sixty-seven patients have had aortocoronary venous graft bypass surgery by one surgeon for the relief of symptoms of severe coronary heart disease, including eight emergency operations. The overall operative, hospital, and late mortality was low in patients with favourable myocardial function and no previous myocardial infarction. There was a 7% mortality in patients with a normal preoperative chest radiogram, 8% mortality when the left ventricular end-diastolic pressure was normal preoperatively, and a 5% mortality in patients who had normal left ventricular angiograms. The overall mortality in all elective operations for cardiac pain resistant to medical treatment was 15·8%. 89% of survivors improved; 67% are pain-free. Exercise tolerance in survivors is increased by 135%, atrial pacing results are improved by 10%. Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure is unchanged. Left ventricular function on angiography is improved. The improvement in left ventricular function assessed objectively correlates positively with vein-graft patency, as does freedom from angina pectoris.