钝力性心脏外伤实验性研究——隐囊流体压力冲击心前区

本文应用隐囊流体冲击心前区，成功地制造了钝力性心脏外伤，包括心脏震荡、心脏挫伤，心脏裂伤等原发性心脏外伤以及外伤性冠脉血管炎。心肌炎血栓形成，心肌缺血坏死（外伤性心肌梗死）等继发性或迟发性外伤性损伤，指出：心肌膜爆裂（ｍｅｍｂｒａｎｅｂｕｒｓｔ），相应纤维横向膨出畸型变可以作为心脏震荡性外伤的形态学指征：钝力作为原始致伤因素作用于心前区通过压，拉，旋转或剪切力引起心脏各部，包括刺激传导系统，心脏神经组织损伤；心脏挫裂伤等见于左右心壁室中隔，心内膜下并呈播散分布。     

Eosinophilic Coronary Periarteritis with Arterial Dissection: The Mast Cell Hypothesis

A subset of coronary arterial dissections is associated with eosinophilic coronary periarteritis (ECPA); however, the pathogenesis of the process remains unclear. Mast cells normally reside in coronary arterial adventitia and are known mediators of eosinophilic inflammatory conditions such as type I hypersensitivity reactions. We report two cases in which coronary arterial dissection with ECPA was detected at autopsy. Tryptase, CD68, CD4, CD8, and CD1a immunohistochemical staining was performed to better characterize inflammation. While eosinophils represented a prominent periadventitial inflammatory cell, there were slightly more lymphocytes: CD4/CD8 ratios were within expected reference ranges. There were moderate numbers of macrophages, and few neutrophils or dendritic cells. Numbers of mast cells in dissected versus nondissected sections were compared: adventitial mast cell densities were threefold higher in dissected portions and showed a trend toward increased degranulation. These findings suggest that mast cells may play a role in orchestrating inflammation in cases of ECPA.     

正常人心脏传导系统神经组织的免疫组化研究

作者应用抗Ｓ１００抗体，对１０例正常心脏传导系统的神经进行了免疫组化研究。结果显示：Ｓ１００阳性的神经组织在心脏传导系统内广泛分布，其含量以窦房结最多，房室结次之，希氏束和束支最少。该研究获得了正常人心脏传导系统神经组织分布的概貌，为进一步研究心脏传导系统神经组织病变与猝死的关系打下了基础。     

实验性心脏震荡的法医病理学研究

本研究应用可产生稳定打击速度并可同时测定瞬间冲击速度及冲击力大小的机械式弹性拉力打击器，分别以６．７ｍ／ｓ及８．０ｍ／ｓ速度冲击大胸骨部心前区建立了心脏震荡动物模型，在左右心室压力及心电图监测下冲击后６０分钟进行尸体剖验检查，并应用多种组织化学染色、透射电镜技术、免疫组织化学染色以及硝酸镧示踪电镜技术对心肌组织学行系统性研究。结果表明：１．心前区受冲击瞬间左右心室内压力急骤升高，随即可恢复至正常水平。心电图在冲击后即刻表现为持续短暂的异常心律，逐渐恢复至正常心律。２．心脏血管麻痹性扩张，但宏观及微观均无损伤性所见。３．心肌超微结构有一定程度损害，心肝细胞膜破裂或通透性增高。本研究提示：心脏震荡者心脏宏观、微观无特殊改变，但超结构及心肌细胞膜轻度损害。     

Variation in Methods of Cardiac Dissection—A Potential Confounder in Measuring Cardiac Weight at Autopsy

To evaluate whether the weight of the heart measured at autopsy may be affected by the type of dissection, a prospective study was undertaken of the weights of sequential cases of nonpediatric hearts. Four hundred fifty‐eight hearts were examined (age range 17–96 years; mean 55.9 years; M:F = 3:1). The hearts were each weighed fresh, once the apex had been sliced, the auricles of the atria opened and blood drained, and again once the cardiac chambers had been opened completely. The difference in the partially and fully opened heart weights (range 146–1028 g; mean 434.8 g; range 134–1011 g; mean 420.8 g, respectively) (p < 0.05) ranged from 0 to 100 g (mean 14 g). In the most extreme example, the weight of the partially opened heart was 30.3% higher than that of the fully opened specimen. Failure to fully open the heart prior to weighing may result in significant error.     

The Role of Postmortem Cardiac Markers in the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction*

Abstract: Sudden cardiac deaths because of acute myocardial infarction (MI) constitute a significant percentage of the caseload for death investigators, coroners, and forensic pathologists. Clinicians use cardiac markers, highly sensitive and specific for myocardial damage, to screen living patients for acute MI; however, to this point, the utility of these markers in the autopsy setting has not been fully established. The current study included 10 decedents, five who died of acute MI, and five subjects who died of noncardiac disease. Samples of pericardial fluid and blood from multiple sites were tested for creatine kinase, creatinine kinase MB, and troponin‐I. Three main conclusions were drawn: the levels of cardiac markers from all patients are significantly higher than the reference range for living patients, there are significant differences in cardiac marker levels between samples from different anatomic locations, and only three cardiac marker/anatomic site combinations were significantly different between the control and study groups.     

急性心功能障碍大鼠心肌中BNP的表达

目的研究大鼠急性心功能障碍时心肌组织中脑钠肽(brain natriuretic peptide,BNP)的表达变化,探讨BNP在急性心功能障碍的法医学诊断中的应用价值。方法建立大鼠急性心功能障碍模型,运用免疫组织化学、Western印迹法、实时RT-PCR等技术检测心功能障碍过程中心肌组织BNP蛋白和BNP mRNA的表达变化。结果随心功能障碍持续时间增加,免疫阳性着色不断增强。1～2h主要表现为弱阳性,4～6h心肌细胞主要表现为阳性,10～12h大鼠心肌细胞表现为强阳性。Western印迹法和实时RT-PCR结果均显示,随心功能障碍持续时间增加,BNP明显升高,而且心功能障碍1h即能观察到BNP mRNA显著升高。结论检测心肌组织中BNP蛋白及BNP mRNA的表达能为法医病理学工作者客观评价心功能状态提供一种新的途径。     

脑钠尿肽作为心功能评价指标在法医学上的应用价值

脑钠尿肽(brain natriuretic peptide,BNP)是临床上广泛应用反映心功能的主要指标,近来研究表明,脑钠尿肽对法医病理学心功能障碍导致的心源性猝死的认定也有帮助.本文就脑钠尿肽的结构、分子生物学特征以及在临床和实验研究中的进展加以综述,探讨其作为功能学指标在法医学方面的应用价值,认为运用免疫组织化...     

Acute fatal acetaminophen overdose without liver necrosis

Two unusual cases of suicidal overdose of acetaminophen (paracetamol) without the usual extensive centrilobular necrosis of the liver are reported. Both cases were subjected to comprehensive drug screening by immunoassay, and a combination of gas chromatography with mass spectrometry, nitrogen detection, and electron capture detection. Acetaminophen was detected in both cases. No other drugs were detected in case #1, and only a small amount of olanzapine (<0.1 mg/L) was detected in case #2. No anatomical cause of death was identified in either case. If untreated, the normal outcome of a large acetaminophen overdose would be massive hepatic necrosis with delayed death and low blood and tissue acetaminophen concentrations. In contrast, particularly high postmortem acetaminophen concentrations were measured in both our cases with little hepatic tissue damage. For case #1, femoral blood acetaminophen 1280 mg/L, vitreous 878 mg/L, and liver 729 mg/kg; in case #2, cardiac blood 1220 mg/L, vitreous 779 mg/L, liver 3260 mg/kg, and gastric 11,500 mg/500 g. Acetaminophen was measured using high performance liquid chromatography with UV detection (254 nm) using 3-hydroxyacetanilide as the internal standard. The very high concentrations of acetaminophen is these cases but relatively little hepatic damage suggests an alternative, possibly cardiac, mechanism of death.     

118例心源性猝死分析

心源性猝死(sudden cardiac death,SCD)在成人猝死的死因中占首位,本文对1998-2005年陕西地区发生的118例SCD案例进行统计分析,结果显示男性是女性的5.9倍,其中冠心病占55.1%,心肌炎占17.8%,心肌病占9.3%,先天性心脏病、瓣膜病、主动脉夹层瘤破裂各占2.5%,其他疾病占4.5%。说明SCD多发于男性,冠心病仍是SCD的主要基础疾病,心肌炎是青少年SCD的主要原因,心肌病是青壮年SCD的危险因素,无结构异常的心脏病也同样严重威胁生命健康。