Acupuncture is effective in the treatment of postprandial distress syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Traditional Chinese medicine advocates the use of acupuncture for the treatment of postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) in people with Functional dyspepsia, but large clinical trials of acupuncture have produced controversial results. This study aims to confirm the clinical significance of acupuncture in the treatment of PDS .

Methods: This study only randomized controlled trials were included from the following databases: CNKI, Medline, Cochrane Central, Web of Science, and Clinical Trial.

Transection of anterior mitral basal stay chords alters left ventricular outflow dynamics and wall shear stress.

Background And Aim Of The Study: Anterior mitral basal stay chords are relocated to correct prolapse of the anterior mitral leaflet (AML); it has also been suggested that their transection might be used to treat functional ischemic mitral regurgitation. The study aim was to clarify the effect of stay chord transection (SCT) on the hemodynamic aspects of left ventricular outflow.

Methods: Two three-dimensional left ventricular models including the left ventricular outflow tract and saddle-shaped mitral valve before and after SCT were constructed.

Truly stentless molded autologous pericardial aortic valve prosthesis with single point attached commissures in a sheep model.

Objective: Aortic valve cusp extension and free-hand aortic valve replacement with autologous pericardium has been described. The long-term results were shown to be comparable with commercially available aortic bioprostheses. Nevertheless the relatively demanding surgical technique could not find wide acceptance.

Autologous pericardial pulmonary conduit with single point attached commissures in a sheep model.

Objective: For the surgical treatment of congenital heart disease and in Ross procedure a valved conduit is frequently required. Since homografts are not readily available in every country, a reliable alternative is needed. We developed a novel technique to construct a valved pulmonary conduit with single point attached commissures (SPAC) in a simple and fast way from a small strip of autologous pericardium, molded and briefly treated with glutaraldehyde.