下肢动脉硬化闭塞症血管成形术的疗效观察

目的:探讨血管成形术治疗下肢动脉硬化闭塞症的临床应用价值。方法:对我院78例下肢动脉硬化闭塞患者的临床资料进行回顾性分析。78例患者(98条血管)术前经CTA诊断后,行腔内血管成形术(PTA)和血管支架植入术治疗,治疗后随访1~18个月,分析踝/肱指数(ABI)、血管内径、皮温及足背动脉搏动的变化。结果:成功完成77例(98.7%)患者、97条(99.0%)患肢的PTA和支架植入术,除1例下肢动脉完全闭塞患者导丝未能成功通过病变导致介入失败外,其余病例经介入治疗后均开通,术中所有病例均未发生血肿、血管壁破裂、穿孔或内支架移位,远端血管血栓栓塞等并发症。术后,患者下肢缺血症状消失或明显减轻,踝/肱指数(ABI)由术前(0.39±0.23)恢复至(0.86±0.26),下肢血管内径及足背动脉搏动均明显改善。结论:PTA和血管支架植入术是一种治疗下肢动脉硬化闭塞症安全有效的方法,成功率高,并发症少,再狭窄率低。     

支架置入技术治疗食道癌的临床疗效及预后

目的:观察支架置入法对食道癌患者的治疗效果及预后情况。方法:选取我院收治的食道癌患者共104例,根据治疗手段分为两组,其中对照组52例采用70 Gγ7/周治疗方案;实验组52例给予支架置入法治疗。对两组患者的梗阻改善情况、生存质量评分、并发症及生存情况进行统计分析。结果:1治疗后,两组患者的梗阻情况以及生存质量均得到有效改善,实验组患者的梗阻总缓解率为92.31%,生存质量评分为42.61±5.23分,均显著高于对照组,差异具有显著性(P0.05);2实验组患者的不良反应发生率(36.54%)与对照组(38.48%)比较无统计学差异(P0.05);3两组患者的3个月及6个月时的生存率相接近,但是实验组患者12个月生存率(71.7%)显著低于对照组(82.7%),差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:支架置入法能够显著改善食道癌患者的梗阻症状,提高患者生存质量,是较为安全可靠的缓解食道狭窄方法。     

Computational haemodynamics in two idealised cerebral wide-necked aneurysms after stent placement

Endovascular stents are being commonly used to treat cerebral wide-necked aneurysms recently. The effect of a stent placed in the parent artery is not only to protect the parent artery from occlusion, due to extension of coils and thrombosis, but also to act as flow diverter to vary the haemodynamics in the aneurysm. In this article, two idealised cerebral wide-necked aneurysms were created, one was sidewall aneurysm with curved parent vessel and the other was terminal aneurysm with the bifurcated parent vessel. The plexiglass models of the two aneurysms were ‘treated’ with commercial porous intravascular stents. The stented physical models were scanned by Micro-CT and the numerical models of the two idealised cerebral wide-necked aneurysms after stent placement were constructed from the scanned image files. The pulsatile flow of non-Newtonian fluid inside the models was simulated by using computational fluid dynamics package. From the simulated flow dynamics, various haemodynamic characteristics such as velocity contours, wall shear stress and oscillatory shear index (OSI) were computed. The velocity of the jet entering the sacs reduced after stent was deployed across the necks of both sidewall and terminal aneurysms; the wall shear stress on the distal neck of sidewall aneurysm reduced, the wall shear stress on the dome of the terminal aneurysm increased and the OSI on the dome of the terminal aneurysm reduced. Therefore, stent placement not only promotes thrombus formation in both aneurysm models but also reduces the regrowth risk of the sidewall aneurysm and the rupture risk of the terminal aneurysm.     

Modelling drug elution from stents: effects of reversible binding in the vascular wall and degradable polymeric matrix

Today the most popular approach for the prevention of the restenosis consists in the use of the drug eluting stents. The stent acts as a source of drug, from a coating or from a reservoir, which is transported into and through the artery wall. In this study, the behaviour of a model of a hydrophilic drug (heparin) released from a coronary stent into the arterial wall is investigated. The presence of the specific binding site action is modelled using a reversible chemical reaction that explains the prolonged presence of drug in the vascular tissue. An axi-symmetric model of a single stent strut is considered. First an advection–diffusion problem is solved using the finite element method. Then a simplified model with diffusion only in the arterial wall is compared with: (i) a model including the presence of reversible binding sites in the vascular wall and (ii) a model featuring a drug reservoir made of a degradable polymeric matrix. The results show that the inclusion of a reversible binding for the drug leads to delayed release curves and that the polymer erosion affects the drug release showing a quicker elution of the drug from the stent.     

The evolution of an ideal stent design and its impact on the aortic endothelium during and after percutaneous replacement

Vascular support structures are important devices for treating valve stenosis. A large population of patients is treated for valvular disease and the preferred mode of treatment is percutaneous valve replacement. Stent devices are proving to be an improved technology in minimally invasive cardiac surgery. This new technology provides highly effective results at minimal cost and with a short duration of hospitalisation. Stents as a supporting structure for tissue valves have evolved over the years into remarkably useful and effective devices. During this process, a number of specific designs have come and gone, and a few have remained. Many design changes were successful, and many were not. This article describes the merits and demerits of various stent designs and details the specific reasons why a particular novel design is expected to be the most suitable implant during and after percutaneous aortic valve replacement.     

The role of mitochondria in sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy

Sepsis is defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Myocardial dysfunction, often termed sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy, is a frequent complication and is associated with worse outcomes. Numerous mechanisms contribute to sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy and a growing body of evidence suggests that bioenergetic and metabolic derangements play a central role in its development; however, there are significant discrepancies in the literature, perhaps reflecting variability in the experimental models employed or in the host response to sepsis. The condition is characterised by lack of significant cell death, normal tissue oxygen levels and, in survivors, reversibility of organ dysfunction. The functional changes observed in cardiac tissue may represent an adaptive response to prolonged stress that limits cell death, improving the potential for recovery. In this review, we describe our current understanding of the pathophysiology underlying myocardial dysfunction in sepsis, with a focus on disrupted mitochondrial processes.     

Numerical investigations of the mechanical properties of a braided non-vascular stent design using finite element method

This paper discusses various issues relating to the mechanical properties of a braided non-vascular stent made of a Ni–Ti alloy. The design of the stent is a major factor which determines its reliability after implantation into a stenosed non-vascular cavity. This paper presents the effect of the main structural parameters on the mechanical properties of braided stents. A parametric analysis of a commercial stent model is developed using the commercial finite element code ANSYS. As a consequence of the analytical results that the pitch of wire has a greater effect than other structural parameters, a new design of a variable pitch stent is presented to improve mechanical properties of these braided stents. The effect of structural parameters on mechanical properties is compared for both stent models: constant and variable pitches. When the pitches of the left and right quarters of the stent are 50% larger and 100% larger than that of the central portion, respectively, the radial stiffness in the central portion increases by 10% and 38.8%, while the radial stiffness at the end portions decreases by 128% and 164.7%, the axial elongation by 25.6% and 56.6% and the bending deflection by 3.96% and 10.15%. It has been demonstrated by finite element analysis that the variable pitch stent can better meet the clinical requirements.     

A Murine Model of Stent Implantation in the Carotid Artery for the Study of Restenosis

Despite the considerable progress made in the stent development in the last decades, cardiovascular diseases remain the main cause of death in western countries. Beside the benefits offered by the development of different drug-eluting stents, the coronary revascularization bears also the life-threatening risks of in-stent thrombosis and restenosis. Research on new therapeutic strategies is impaired by the lack of appropriate methods to study stent implantation and restenosis processes. Here, we describe a rapid and accessible procedure of stent implantation in mouse carotid artery, which offers the possibility to study in a convenient way the molecular mechanisms of vessel remodeling and the effects of different drug coatings.     

动脉内灌药,内支架安置双介入治疗十二指肠恶性梗阻

通过动脉内灌药,内支架安置双介入治疗提高对十二指肠恶性梗阻姑息性治疗的疗效。十二指肠恶性梗阻病例１４例,男５例,女９例,年龄２０－６９岁,经口安置自膨式十二指肠金属支架共１５枚,其中１２例在支架安置后定期行肿瘤供血动脉插管介入化疗,所有病例梗阻症状解除,２例未行动脉灌药治疗者分别于２个月及４个月死亡,１２例双介入者生存期明显延长,最短６月,最长已达一年,结论：双介入治疗能够姑息治疗疗效延长晚期瘤患