Publications by authors named "Xiao-fang Gu"

Background: Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 analog, was reported to reduce reperfusion injury in mice. We planned to evaluate the effects of liraglutide on reperfusion injury in patients with acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Methods And Results: A total of 96 patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing emergency primary percutaneous coronary intervention were randomized to receive either subcutaneous liraglutide or placebo.

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Aim: To assess the prognostic value of mediastinal lymph node metastases (N2 disease), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels and C-reactive protein (CRP) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to the 7th edition of the TNM classification.

Methods: Newly diagnosed stage III-IV NSCLC were enrolled, including 75 patients with malignant pleural effusion. The relationship between serum CRP levels and other relevant variables such as sex, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group status, smoking status, initial staging, N2 disease, serum albumin, white blood cell count, platelet count, CEA, comorbidity and pathology were analyzed.

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Objective: To investigate the anticoagulant efficacy and safety of argatroban for patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Methods: A total of 300 consecutive patients with coronary heart disease undergoing elective PCI were enrolled and randomized into heparin group (100 U/kg via artery sheaths, n = 150) and argatroban group (200 µg/kg bolus, followed by 350 µg·kg(-1)·h(-1) i.v.

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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the interventional techniques for treatment of acquired arteriovenous fistulas (AVF).

Methods: Ten patients with acquired AVFs, including 4 with renal AVF, 3 with iliac AVF, and 3 with subclavian AVF, were treated with interventional procedures. The etiological factors of the AVFs were penetrating trauma in 5 cases, iatrogenic injury in 3, malignancy in 1, and intestine Crohn's disease in 1.

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