Rabeprazole plus amoxicillin dual therapy is equally effective to bismuth-containing quadruple therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication in central China: A single-center, prospective, open-label, randomized-controlled trial.

Background: Antibiotic resistance emerges as a major issue for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) treatment. High-dose dual therapy has recently shown encouraging results in H.

Dynamic prostatic and laser-ablated lesion volume change after transperineal laser ablation in canine: preliminary observation and its clinical significance.

Aim: The purpose of this study is to observe the volume change of prostate and laser-ablated lesions in the canine and to explore the mechanism and clinical significance through histopathology.

Materials And Methods: Transperineal laser ablation (TPLA) was performed under the guidance of transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) in eight canines. Two canines were sacrificed 1 day and 1 week after TPLA, respectively.

Investigating the characteristics of echocardiogram, surgical treatment, chromosome and prognosis for fetal right heart enlargement: A STROBE-compliant article.

The prognosis of right heart enlargement varies according to different etiologies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of echocardiogram, surgical treatment, chromosome and prognosis for fetal right heart enlargement.The foetal echocardiogram was performed on 3987 pregnant women, and then 88 fetuses with right heart enlargement were identified.

Effects of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation on the structure and function of mitral valves (a STROBE-compliant article).

The aim of this study was to explore the effects of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) on the structure and function of mitral valve and analyze independent risk factors of moderate to severe mitral regurgitation (MR) by quantitative measurement of mitral parameters using real-time 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.This study included 30 subjects with sinus rhythm group, and 65 patients with NVAF. The 65 patients with NVAF were divided into 35 with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation group and 30 with persistent atrial fibrillation.

Evaluation of the left atrial appendage by real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography online.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of online real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT3DTEE) in the measurement of left atrial appendage (LAA) orifice size. We also analyzed the correlation between LAA ejection fraction (EF) and its peak empty velocity (PEV).

Methods: There were 91 subjects enrolled in this study, with 46 patients with AF and 45 individuals with sinus rhythm (SR).

Clinical and molecular cytogenetic analyses of four families with 1q21.1 microdeletion or microduplication.

Background: Little information is available regarding the penetrance of 1q21.1 copy number variants (CNVs). In the present study, we explored the clinical significance of 1q21.

Analysis of etiology, chromosome and prognosis for small left heart system development in 69 fetuses.

Objective: To provide a basis for evaluating the prognosis of small left heart system development in fetuses, we analyzed its related factors.

Methods: The fetal echocardiogram was performed in 3859 pregnant women, and then small left heart system development was identified in 69 fetuses. The data of prenatal and postnatal echocardiograms, postnatal cardiac surgical treatment, chromosome and autopsy after induced labor were analyzed in the 69 fetuses.

Early evaluation of carotid elasticity by an instantaneous wave intensity technique in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Objectives: To explore the application of instantaneous wave intensity for early diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-induced atherosclerosis, we observed carotid elasticity by instantaneous wave intensity in premenopausal women with SLE.

Methods: The study included 3 groups (each group with 30 participants): SLE1 (course of disease <5 years), SLE2 (course of disease ≥5 years) and healthy control. Carotid parameters, including instantaneous acceleration wave intensity, instantaneous deceleration wave intensity, negative area, stiffness constant, wave intensity pulse wave velocity, stiffness constant pulse wave velocity, pressure strain elastic modulus, arterial compliance, augmentation index, and intima-media thickness, were measured.

On the mutual diffusion properties of ethanol-water mixtures.

The structural organization, the number of hydrogen bonds (H bond), and the self- and mutual diffusion coefficients of ethanol-water mixtures were studied by molecular dynamics simulation. It was found that both the numbers of H bonds per water and per ethanol decrease as the mole fraction of ethanol increases. The composition dependences and the relationships between the self- and the mutual diffusion coefficients were further discussed.