Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers decrease the incidence of atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis.

Background: There is not a general agreement regarding antiarrhythmic effects on atrial fibrillation (AF) of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). This study was to assess whether ACEIs and ARBs could decrease the incidence of AF.

Materials And Methods: Medline, Embase and Cochrane Library databases were searched for trials reported from 1950 to May 2009.

[Preparation and spectroscopy properties of Eu2 (CA)3 (phen)2 doped Eu3+/TiO2 nano-powders].

The 1% Eu3+ doped Eu3+ /TiO2 nano-powders were prepared via sol-gel method by using Eu(NO3)3 and Eu2 (CA)3 (phen)2 (CA: camphoric acid; phen: 1, 10-phenanthroline) as precursors respectively, and the samples were characterized by thermal analyses (TG-DTA), X-ray powder diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscope(SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV-Vis absorption spectra and fluorescence spectra for their microstructure, morphology and spectroscopy properties. The results of TG-DTA and XRD indicate that the increasing trend of particle size and the conversion temperature of crystalline phase of the as prepared samples was restrained when using organic complexes Eu2(CA)3 (phen)2 as the do pant. The particle size was decreased from 9 to 7 nm, and the name powders were still anatase TiO2 when the calcination temperature was increased up to 500 degrees C.

[An epidemiological study of abnormal glucose metabolism and its risk factors among middle and aged population with hypertension in Chengdu area].

Objective: To explore the epidemiological status of abnormal glucose metabolism and its influential factors among middle and aged population with hypertension in Chengdu area.

Methods: In 2008, after adopting the methods of stratified cluster sampling, the authors investigated 4685 subjects of the middle and aged population between the age of 40 - 79 in Chengdu urban and rural area by checking blood pressure and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Patients with previously known diabetes mellitus (DM) were only asked to perform fasting glucose and to carry out a questionnaire.

[Development of evaluation tool for the risk level of abnormal glucose metabolism morbidity in middle-aged and elder populations].

Objective: To develop the evaluation tool for the risk level of abnormal glucose metabolism morbidity in the middle-aged and elder populations.

Methods: By the stratified cluster sampling method, a survey was conducted in middle-aged and elder populations aged 40 - 70 years old in urban and rural areas of Chengdu during April-November 2008. The parameters included blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, blood glucose after oral administration of 75 g glucose, blood lipid, blood uric acid, height, body weight and waistline, etc.

[Predictive value for long term cardiac events by admission B-type natriuretic peptide and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in patients with chronic heart failure].

Objective: To evaluate the predictive value of admission plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) for long term cardiovascular events in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).

Methods: A total of 134 patients [70 males and 64 females, mean age (71.28 +/- 8.

[Structure and luminescence properties of Eu3+ complexes with benzoic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline incorporated in SiO2, SiO2-B2O3 and SiO2-B2O3-Na2O matrices].

Eu3+ Complexes with benzoic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline incorporated in SiO2, SiO2-B2O3 and SiO2-B2O3-Na2O matrices were prepared via the sol-gel method. Eu-doped SiO2, SiO2-B2O3 and SiO2-B2O3-Na2O luminescence materials were synthesized. The luminescence of Eu3+ was studied with excitation spectra and emission spectra.

[Correlation between B-natriuretic peptide and hemodynamics in patients with decompensated heart failure and clinical significance].

Objective: To determine the correlation between the serum level of B-natriuretic peptide (BNP) and hemodynamic variables and to evaluate the diagnostic value of BNP in patients with decompensated heart failure (HF).

Methods: BNP levels (TRIAGE BIOSITE Diagnostics, San Diego, USA) were obtained by a rapid immunofluorescence assay in 117 patients with dyspnea including cardiogenic group (75 patients) and lung disease (42 patients). Hemodynamic parameters of 53 patients [male 28, female 25, mean age (71.

[Synthesis, characterization and fluorescence properties of binary and ternary rare earth complexes with N-phenylanthranilic acid and 1, 10-phenanthroline].

Some novel binary and ternary complexes of rare earth (Tb) with N-phenylanthranilic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline were synthesized and their compositions were characterized by elemental analysis. The compositions of the complexes have been confirmed to be TbL3. 4H2O and TbL3 phen.