Publications by authors named "Wei-Jun Luo"
Background: Coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) frequently coexist, creating a complex and challenging clinical scenario, particularly when complicated with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Aim: To examine the effects of dapagliflozin combined with sakubactrovalsartan sodium tablets on myocardial microperfusion.
Methods: In total, 98 patients were categorized into control ( = 47) and observation ( = 51) groups.
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- Concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is traditionally the standard treatment for stage II nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), but evidence supporting the need for chemotherapy alongside intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is limited.
- This study aimed to determine if patients with low-risk stage II/T3N0 NPC could safely skip concurrent chemotherapy while receiving IMRT, involving a total of 341 adults across five hospitals in China.
- Key outcomes measured included 3-year failure-free survival, overall survival, and quality of life, with 98% of participants completing the trial and a median follow-up of 46 months.
Vegetables are important constituents of the human diet. Heavy metals and nitrate are among the major contaminants of vegetables. Consumption of vegetables and fruits with accumulated heavy metals and nitrate has the potential to damage different body organs leading to unwanted effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Three Gorges Project (TGP) is the largest hydropower station ever built in the world. A better understanding of the concentrations of heavy metals in the aquatic environment of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) is crucial for national drinking water security and sustainable ecosystem development. To thoroughly investigate the impact of heavy metals on water quality after the impoundment to the maximum level of 175 m in the TGR, the concentrations of the dissolved heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, As) were measured in April and August 2015, by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Application of 99mTc-DTPA in evaluation of blood-brain barrier permeability in patients receiving whole brain irradiation].
Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao
February 2010
Objective: To study the pattern of blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability changes during whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) for metastatic brain tumor.
Methods: Twenty patients with metastatic brain tumors receiving WBRT by 6 MV X-ray underwent (99)mTc-DTPA brain SPECT before and during WBRT (20, 40 Gy) and at 2 weeks after the end of irradiation. A frame of transverse (99)mTc-DTPA brain SPECT image that best displayed the brain metastasis was chosen, and the regions of interest (ROI) were defined in the tumor foci (T), the contralateral normal brain tissue (N) and the background outside the soft tissues around the cranium (B).