Publications by authors named "Xue-juan Jin"

Objective: Qiliqiangxin (QLQX) capsule- a traditional Chinese medicine used for treating heart failure (HF), can modulate inflammatory cytokines in rats with myocardial infarction. However, its immune-regulating effect on dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) remains unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate whether QLQX has a unique regulatory role in the imbalance of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in patients with DCM.

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  • The National Chest Pain Center Program (NCPCP) in China aims to improve care for patients with acute chest pain, but its effects on acute aortic dissection (AAD) patients were unknown.
  • A study analyzed data from 40,848 AAD patients over six years, comparing outcomes before and after CPC accreditation across various Chinese hospitals.
  • Results showed post-accreditation led to lower in-hospital mortality and misdiagnosis rates, along with increased surgeries for Stanford type A AAD, indicating improved patient outcomes associated with CPC accreditation.
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Background: H type hypertension is defined as homocysteine (Hcy) ≥ 10 μmol/L in combination with primary hypertension. Studies demonstrated that the existence of hyperhomocysteine (HHcy) in hypertensive exacerbates the poor outcome of cardiocerebral incidents. This study was to investigate the current epidemic situation of H type hypertension and determine the risk factors in order to find intervention targets for H type hypertensives.

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Objective: To investigate the utility of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) in assessing disease activity in Takayasu arteritis (TA).

Methods: Ninety-one patients with TA were recruited from a Chinese cohort. Clinical data, acute-phase reactants and 18F-FDG-PET/CT findings were simultaneously recorded.

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Objective: Clinical practice guidelines can improve healthcare processes and patient outcomes; however, the quality of these guidelines varies greatly in China. The aim of this study was to construct a comprehensive instrument for the appraisal of clinical practice guidelines in China (AGREE-CHINA), and to validate its reliability as a tool for helping potential guideline users in assessing guideline quality.

Methods: First, an interdisciplinary working group was established for developing the methods.

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Purpose: To investigate whether lymphocyte nadir induced by radiation is associated with survival and explore its underlying risk factors in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: Total lymphocyte counts were collected from 184 HCC patients treated by radiotherapy (RT) with complete follow-up. Associations between gross tumor volumes (GTVs) and radiation-associated parameters with lymphocyte nadir were evaluated by Pearson/Spearman correlation analysis and multiple linear regression.

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Background & Aims: Esophagectomy is the standard treatment for early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (EESCC), but patients who undergo this procedure have high morbidity and mortality. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a less-invasive procedure for treatment of EESCC, but is considered risky because this tumor frequently metastasizes to the lymph nodes. We aimed to directly compare outcomes of patients with EESCC treated with ESD vs esophagectomy.

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Objective: To investigate the distribution of Chinese medicine (CM) syndrome in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) on admission and its impact on prognosis.

Methods: A total of 525 AMI patients were prospectively recruited and classifified into 4 groups based on their clinical characteristics: excess-heat, excess-cold, deficiency-heat and deficiency-cold syndromes. Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) were followed up.

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The potted Red globe/Beta grapevines were selected to irrigated with NaCl, Na2SO4, NaHCO3, NH4Cl, (NH4)2SO4. Hence, the ions which induced leaf etiolation were screened and the impacts of different salt and alkali on ion distribution in different organs of grapevines were investigated. It was found that NaHCO3 exerted the greatest effects on grapevines, leaf etiolation at 14 days after treatment.

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Objective: To establish the normal ranges for plasma N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) of middle-aged and elderly ( ≥ 40 years) healthy subjects in China.

Methods: A total of 5133 subjects (2170 men and 2963 women) from the cohort of Shanghai Heart Health Study (SHHS) were included in this study. Plasma NT-proBNP was measured by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay.

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Objective: To assess the prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension as well as the association with overweight/obesity in Shanghai adolescents.

Methods: School children aged 11 - 17 years in four schools in Shanghai were included in this survey. All students were visited in May 2010 at school by trained nurses or physicians who administered a questionnaire and carried out anthropometric measurements.

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Objective: To determine the value of the urinary microalbumin/creatinine ratio (UACR) and the relationship between UACR and traditional cardiovascular risk factors among elderly community subjects.

Methods: A representative population in Shanghai rural district aged more than 65 years who participated in the heart health survey of the key projects in the national science and technology pillar program in the eleventh five-year plan period of China were sampled via a clustered complex sampling method. A midstream collection from the first morning void collected was used to measure the urinary microalbumin, the urinary creatinine and the UACR.

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Objective: To explore the possibility of clinical evaluation of cardiac function by CHM T3002 non-invasive hemodynamic monitor.

Methods: A total of 26 patients admitted to Zhongshan Hospital in Shanghai were enrolled, including 11 cardiac insufficiency patients and 15 control. Each subject was tested by non-invasive cardiac hemodynamic monitor immediately after echocardiography.

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Background: Although some certain infectious pathogens could be detected in the patients with coronary artery disease, the roles of these infectious factors in the development of coronary artery diseases remain largely unknown. Since the number of infectious pathogens has been argued to be relative to the coronary artery diseases, we therefore examined whether there is a link between the number of infections and the incidence of in-stent restenosis after stent implantation.

Methods: One hundred and eighty-one patients were enrolled in this study.

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Objective: To investigate the trends in the change of etiologic types of cardiovascular disease among inpatients in Shanghai area from 1948 to 1999.

Methods: The retrospective estimate was based on the data survey in two major general hospitals of Shanghai. Descriptive statistics were provided for all patients meeting the inclusion criteria.

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Background: Tea consumption has been associated with decreased cardiovascular risk, but potential mechanisms of benefit are ill-defined. While epidemiologic studies suggest that drinking multiple cups of tea per day lowers low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), previous trials of tea drinking and administration of green tea extract have failed to show any impact on lipids and lipoproteins in humans. Our objective was to study the impact of a theaflavin-enriched green tea extract on the lipids and lipoproteins of subjects with mild to moderate hypercholesterolemia.

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