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BACKGROUND Polymer-free drug-coated stents provide superior clinical outcomes to bare-metal stents in patients at high bleeding risk who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and are treated with 1 month of dual antiplatelet therapy. Data on the use of polymer-based drug-eluting stents, as compared with polymer-free drug-coated stents, in such patients are limited. METHODS In an international, randomized, single-blind trial, we compared polymer-based zotarolimus-eluting stents with polymer-free umirolimus-coated stents in patients at high bleeding risk. After PCI, patients were treated with 1 month of dual antiplatelet therapy, followed by single antiplatelet therapy. The primary outcome was a safety composite of death from cardiac causes, myocardial infarction, or stent thrombosis at 1 year. The principal secondary outcome was target-lesion failure, an effectiveness composite of death from cardiac causes, target-vessel myocardial infarction, or clinically indicated target-lesion revascularization. use of polymer-based zotarolimus-eluting stents was noninferior to use of polymer-free drug-coated stents with regard to safety and effectiveness composite outcomes. (Funded by Medtronic; ONYX ONE ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03344653.). Copyright © 2020 Massachusetts Medical Society.BACKGROUND Over the past three decades, the prevalence rate of overweight and obesity has increased in survivors with congenital heart disease, and little is known about the body composition and its association with clinical characteristics and lifestyle factors. OBJECTIVES To evaluate excess total-body adiposity and central adiposity and, to describe associated factors. METHODS Cross-sectional study with children and adolescents who underwent procedure to treat congenital heart disease, from January to July 2017. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and lifestyle factors (dietary intake, physical activity, and sedentary behavior) were assessed. Adiposity was assessed using air-displacement plethysmography and waist circumference. Factors associated with excess total-body adiposity and central adiposity were analyzed using logistic regression models. RESULTS Of 232 patients, 22.4% were identified with excess total-body adiposity and 24.6% with central adiposity. Significant factors positively associated with excess total-body adiposity were intake of added sugar and trans fatty acids, adjusted for confounding factors. Similarly, lifestyle factors were positively associated with central adiposity intake of added sugar and trans fatty acids, sedentary behavior, and family history of obesity. CONCLUSIONS Lifestyle factors were associated with excess total-body adiposity and central adiposity. Assessment of body composition and healthy-lifestyle counseling into outpatient care may be the key point to prevent obesity in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease. © 2020 World Obesity Federation.Dissolution loss is the biggest issue for the organic electrode material, and nowadays the most popular strategy is to synthesize polymer or add much conductive carbon. In this paper, the issue is well addressed by monomolecular organics with relatively longer chain and larger size. Dye composing of quinones and carbazoles is proposed as the cathode material for Li secondary battery. The unique structure of more than three quinones collecting by carbazole bridge bond significantly improves the cycling stability. On the other hand, in addition to the widely-known enolization reaction of the quinone moiety, extra anion-doping capacity is supplied by the carbazole moiety. this website Owing to the multiple active sites, multi-electrons transfer redox and remarkable capacity enhancement is realized by Vet Yellow 3RT dye material. It shows stable capacity up to 340 mAh g-1 within 300 cycles. XRD, XPS and electrochemical measurement confirm the reactivity of carbonyl group and N-heterocycle toward Li+ and PF6- respectively. The work not only uncovers the new application of dye material, it also provides new avenue to address the dissolution loss and capacity breakthrough of the organics. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.SCOPE This study explores the beneficial effects of dietary supplementation of black rice anthocyanin extract (BRAE) on cholesterol metabolism and gut dysbiosis. METHODS AND RESULTS C57BL/6J mice are grouped into the normal chow diet group (NCD), the high-fat and the cholesterol diet group (HCD), and three treatment groups feeding HCD supplemented with various dosage of BRAE for 12 weeks. Results reveal that BRAE alleviates the increased body weight, serum triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels (non-HDL-C), and increased fecal sterols excretion and caecal short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) concentration in HCD-induced hypercholesterolemic mice. Moreover, BRAE decreases hepatic TC content through the fundamental regulation of body energy balance gene, adenosine 5'-monophosphate activated protein kinase α (AMPKα). Meanwhile, BRAE improves the genes expression involved in cholesterol uptake and efflux, and preserves CYP7A1, ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 5/8 mRNA expression, and the relative abundance of gut microbiota. Additionally, the antibiotic treatment experiment indicates that the beneficial effects of BRAE in reducing hypocholesterolemia risk largely depends on the gut microbiota homeostasis. CONCLUSION BRAE supplement could be a beneficial treatment option for preventing HCD-induced hypocholesterolemia and related metabolic syndromes. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.OBJECTIVE Naltrexone and nalmefene are approved for the treatment of alcohol use disorders, in different countries. Naltrexone is also approved for the treatment for opioid use disorders, most recently in a depot formulation. These compounds target primarily μ(mu)- and κ(kappa)-opioid receptor systems, which are involved in the downstream neurobiological effects of alcohol and in the modulation of neuroendocrine stress systems. The study objective was to compare the neuroendocrine effects of naltrexone and nalmefene on adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), cortisol, and prolactin, in normal volunteers. METHOD Adult normal volunteers (n = 11 male and n = 9 female) were studied in a stress-minimized inpatient setting on three consecutive days, after intravenous saline, naltrexone HCl (10 mg), or nalmefene HCl (10 mg), in fixed order. ACTH, cortisol, and prolactin were analyzed pre-injection and up to 180 min post-injection. RESULTS Naltrexone and nalmefene caused elevations in ACTH and cortisol compared with saline.