Publications by authors named "Weimei Ou"
Background: D-dimer (DD) is a vital biomarker to rule out the diagnosis of aortic dissection (AD). However, the DD level in some patients with AD is not high in clinical practice, which often leads to missed diagnosis; therefore, understanding the characteristics of patients with AD and negative DD is of great clinical value.
Methods: From May 2015 to October 2020, 286 patients with AD who visited the first medical contact (FMC) within 24 h of symptom onset and were hospitalized in the Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital of Xiamen University were enrolled in this study.
Objective: A systematic review of international case reports of patients with Heyde syndrome (HS) treated by transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was conducted to explore the clinical characteristics of this group of patients and sirgical success. Methods: Electronic databases, including PubMed, Embase and CNKI, were searched with combinations of the search terms, Heyde syndrome, gastrointestinal bleeding, aortic stenosis, angiodysplasia and transcatheter aortic valve replacement. All case reports were screened according to inclusion criteria, and HS patient data was summarized.
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- * A case study of an 83-year-old male reveals that he experienced cold sweats shortly after his first COVID-19 vaccine and subsequently suffered an AMI the next day, which was linked to coronary thrombosis and underlying heart disease.
- * The study suggests that Type II Kounis syndrome, an allergic reaction leading to coronary issues, could explain AMI occurrences post-vaccination and emphasizes the importance of clinicians being aware of such risks and their mechanisms.
Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an essential intervention after acute myocardial infarction (MI). However, it is still unclear whether patients with left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) formation after anterior MI would benefit from CR programs. This clinical trial is designed to assess the role of CR in patients with LVA formation after anterior MI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn overview of PAX1: Expression, function and regulation in development and diseases.
Front Cell Dev Biol
October 2022
Article Synopsis
- Transcription factors, especially PAX1, are crucial in embryonic development and play significant roles in various tissues, including the skeletal system and thymus.
- Recent research highlights PAX1's involvement in cancer, expanding its known functions beyond development.
- This summary discusses how PAX1 mutations or dysregulation are linked to human diseases, offering insights into the molecular mechanisms behind congenital disorders and cancers.
Myocardial reperfusion, the effective therapy for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), commonly leads to myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. The effects and functional mechanisms of LncRNA AZIN1-AS1 on myocardial I/R injury in vivo and vitro are not uncovered. In our present study, we established myocardial I/R injury model of mice and H/R injury model of cardiomyocytes and we discovered AZIN1-AS1 was decreased but miR-6838-5p was increased significantly in myocardial tissues injured by I/R treatment and H9c2 cells injured by hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The study aimed to investigate the prevalence and epidemiological characteristics of blaNDM-1 (encoding New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1) in Enterobacteriaceae and the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex (ABC) in China from July 2011 to June 2012.
Methods: PCR was used to screen for the presence of blaNDM-1 in all organisms studied. For blaNDM-1-positive strains, 16S rRNA analysis and Analytical Profile Index (API) strips were used to identify the bacterial genus and species.