Objective To investigate the feasibility and effect of stentedpulmonary autograft replacement and find out the best way to treat mitral valve diseases. Methods From August 2006 to October 2007, 20 male sheep at the age of about 1 year old underwent mitral valves replacement operation in Anzhen Hospital. Weight of these sheep was 50.0±6.0 kg. They were randomly divided into two groups. Ten sheep in the experimental group underwent RossⅡsurgery in which we first sutured pulmonary valve onto a pulmonary valve stent, transferred the valve to the mitral valve annulus and then reestablished the outflow tract of the right ventricle. The other 10 sheep in the control group underwent bioprosthetic valve replacement routinely. Ultrasonic cardiogram (UCG) was employed 6 hour after operation to measure the effective orifice area (EOA) of the mitral valve, mitral peak velocity of early filling, the peak pressure gradient (PPG), the extent of regurgitation, left ventricular enddiastolic dimension (LVEDD) and ejection fraction (EF). Results One sheep in the experimental group died of low cardiac output syndrome; one in the control group died of unmanageable bleeding during operation, and the others all survived. Six hours after operation, UCG of the experimental group showed that the heart valves were well fixed, valve echo was clear, and there was no perivalvular leakage or mitral valve stricture or regurgitation, but moderate pulmonary valve regurgitation occurred in 1 case and mild in 2. There was no significant difference between the two groups in PPG (11.86±1.28 mm Hg vs. 10.98±0.98 mm Hg,t= 1.670,P=0.110) and the mitral peak velocity of early filling (1.72±0.09 m/s vs. 1.65±0.07 m/s, t=1.680,P=0.110). However, EOA of the experimental group was smaller than the control group (2.23±0.09 cm2 vs. 2.39±0.08 cm2, t= 4.240,P= 0.001). Conclusion The experimental result of sheep mitral valves replacement with stentedpulmonary autograft is satisfying. The new mitral valves work well and the surgery method is feasible.
Objective To assess the correlation between bispectral index (BIS) and richmond agitation sedation scale (RASS) and sedation-agitation scale (SAS) through the spearman correlation coefficient by systematic review. Methods Databases including PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library (Issue 7, 2016), CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data and CBM were searched from inception to July 2016 to collect literature on the correlation between BIS and RASS and SAS. The studies were screened according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. After extracting data and assessing the quality of the included studies, meta-analysis was conducted using Comprehensive Meta Analysis 3.0 software. Results A total of 12 studies involving 397 patients were included. BIS was positively correlated with RASS score and SAS, and the summary correlation coefficient was 0.742 with 95% CI 0.678 to 0.795 and 0.605 with 95% CI 0.517 to 0.681, respectively. Conclusion BIS has a good correlation with RASS and SAS, which will provide more options for assessing sedation of patients with mechanical ventilation in ICU.