To conquer the bottleneck of sluggish kinetics in cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) of metal-air batteries, catalysts with dual-active centers have stood out. Here, a "pre-division metal clusters" strategy is firstly conceived to fabricate a N,S-dual doped honeycomb-like carbon matrix inlaid with CoN sites and wrapped Co P nanoclusters as dual-active centers (Co P/CoN @NSC-500). A crystalline {Co } coordination cluster divided by periphery second organic layers is well-designed to realize delocalized dispersion before calcination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and clinical value of real time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT-3DE) for assessing ventricular systolic dysfunction and dyssynchrony in children with an functional single right ventricle (FSRV) having undergone the Fontan procedure.
Methods: Twenty-five children with an FSRV and 25 healthy children were enrolled in our study. RV volume analysis was performed compared with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the reference standard in FSRV patients.
Background: Double-chambered left ventricle (DCLV) is extremely rare. Challenges remain in accurate diagnosis of DCLV by echocardiography, because it is easily confused with left ventricular diverticulum, left ventricular aneurysm, ventricular septal defect, etc. Herein, we reviewed echocardiographic characteristics of DCLV and evaluated the accuracy of echocardiographic diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Clinical decision making in children with heart disease relies on detailed measurements of cardiac structures using two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography. However, no echocardiographic reference values are available for the Chinese children. We aimed to establish z-score regression equations for left heart structures in a population-based cohort of healthy Chinese Han children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA diastereomeric mixture of secondary phosphine oxide is stereospecifically converted to chlorophosphine salt by treatment with oxalyl chloride, which stereoselectively affords P-inverted or retained tertiary phosphines, depending on the substitution with aliphatic or aromatic Grignard reagents, respectively, in high to 99% yield and 99:1 dr. The repulsion of π-electron on aryl to lone electron pair on phosphorus is proposed for the P-retained substitution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe secondary R-(-)-menthyl alkylphosphine oxide was confirmed as configurationally stable toward base and was used in base-promoted alkylation, stereospecifically affording P-retained bis or functional tertiary phosphine oxides in excellent yields. The alkylated products were deoxygenated using oxalyl chloride followed by ZnCl-NaBH to form P-inversed bidentate phosphine boranes in high stereoselectivities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Clinical decision making in children with congenital and acquired heart disease relies on measurements of cardiac structures using two-dimensional echocardiography. We aimed to establish z-score regression equations for right heart structures in healthy Chinese Han children.
Methods: Two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography was performed in 515 patients.
Functionalized P,C-stereogenic tertiary phosphine oxides were prepared by the addition of (RP)-menthyl phenylphosphine oxide to activated olefins, in high drP and drC, and were isolated in excellent yields. The reaction was readily catalyzed by Ca(OH)2 or occurred with gentle heating. A wide range of substrates, including vinyl ketones, esters, nitriles, and nitro alkenes, can be used in the reaction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFP,C-Stereogenic α-amino phosphine oxides were prepared from the addition of (RP )-menthyl phenyl phosphine oxide to chiral aldimines under neat condition at 80 °C in up to 91:9 drC and 99% yields. The diastereoselectivity was mainly induced by chiral phosphorus that showed matched or mismatched induction with (S)- or (R)-aldimines, respectively.
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February 2015
Electrochemical methods are combined with shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (EC-SHINERS) for a comprehensive study of pyridine adsorption on Au(111), Au(100) and Au(110) single crystal electrode surfaces. The effects of crystallographic orientation, pyridine concentration, and applied potential are elucidated, and the formation of a second pyridine adlayer on Au(111) is observed spectroscopically for the first time. Electrochemical and SHINERS results correlate extremely well throughout this study, and we demonstrate the potential of EC-SHINERS for thorough characterization of processes occurring on single crystal surfaces.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: In children with coronary disease, clinical decision should be based on detailed measurements of the coronary arteries by two-dimensional echocardiography. We aimed to establish coronary artery reference indexed diameter and z scores regression equations in a large cohort of Chinese Han children.
Methods: We measured the diameter of the proximal right (RCA), left main (LMCA), left anterior descending, and left circumflex coronary artery, and of the aortic annulus, and calculated the coronary-aorta index (coronary artery-to-aortic annulus ratio) in 506 Chinese Han children with normal hearts whose ages ranged from 1 day to 18 years.
Background: The effects of right ventricular (RV) pacing on left ventricular (LV) diastolic function are unknown. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that right ventricular (RV) pacing is associated with LV diastolic dysfunction and impairment of LV torsion in children and young adults with congenital heart block.
Methods: Eighteen patients aged 20 ± 7 years and 12 healthy controls aged 19 ± 7 years were studied.
Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi
April 2010
Objective: To evaluate the clinical value of 3D visualization method for simulating percutaneous transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD).
Methods: 3D volume render method was used for visualizing ASD and surrounding structures and 3D modeling method was applied for simulate the shape of occlusion device. The size and the distance between the lower edge of device and atria-ventricular valve of simulation occluder and actual selected atrial septal occluder (ASO) were compared in 30 patients underwent successful transcatheter closure of ASD.
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are capable of degrading extracellular matrix proteins, which are important determinants of arterial stiffness. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that MMP-3 and MMP-9 polymorphisms may modulate aortic stiffness and magnitude of aortic root dilation in patients after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). We analyzed the MMP-3 promoter and MMP-9 -1562 C>T polymorphism in 79 TOF patients aged 19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The M-mode-derived left ventricular shortening fraction is incorporated into most of the paediatric oncology protocols for monitoring of cardiotoxicity. This study tested the hypothesis that alteration of left ventricular myocardial deformation and mechanical dyssynchrony may occur in asymptomatic children after anthracycline therapy despite having left ventricular shortening fractions within the limits of normal.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Background: The increasing data suggest an association between chronic right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. We sought to determine the effect of temporary interruption of long-term RV pacing on LV function and mechanical dyssynchrony in children and young adults with complete heart block.
Methods: Twelve patients aged 20.
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of long-term right ventricular pacing on left ventricular (LV) mechanical dyssynchrony in children and young adults with congenital and acquired heart block. Eighteen patients aged 19 +/- 7 years with congenital heart block (group I), 9 aged 21 +/- 11 years with acquired heart block after congenital heart surgery (group II), and 15 healthy control subjects (group III) were studied. The LV volumes, ejection fractions, and systolic dyssynchrony index (SDI) values, as determined using 3-dimensional echocardiography, were compared among groups.
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