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AIMS To evaluate the risk of heart failure (HF) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) complicated by development of intercurrent ischaemic heart disease (IHD), end-stage renal disease (ESRD), or both, compared to patients with T2D and no IHD and ESRD. METHODS AND RESULTS From Danish nationwide registries, we identified all patients with new-onset T2D with no history of HF between 1998 and 2015. Landmark analyses were used to estimate the 5-year absolute risk of HF at several follow-up times, and accounted for the occurrence of IHD and ESRD, identified before HF. The Aalen-Johansen estimator was used to account for censoring and the competing risk of death. A total of 285 024 patients with new-onset T2D were included. During follow-up, 19 960 developed incident HF. Among patients with T2D free of HF 5 years after T2D diagnosis, patients without IHD and ESRD had the lowest 5-year risk of HF [4.02%; 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.90-4.15), those with T2D complicated by IHD [11.51%; relative risk (RR) 2.86; 95% CI 2.72-3.02; P  less then  0.001] or ESRD (8.11%; RR 2.02; 95% CI 1.39-2.93; P  less then  0.001) an intermediate risk, and those with both IHD and ESRD (19.76%; RR 4.92; 95% CI 3.43-7.05; P  less then  0.001) the highest risk. CONCLUSION Patients with T2D complicated by development of intercurrent IHD, ESRD, or both, showed a significantly higher risk of HF compared to those who did not develop IHD and ESRD. An effective way to delay or prevent the development of HF in patients with T2D may be to prevent IHD and ESRD. © 2020 European Society of Cardiology.Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been hypothesized to be a result of the interplay between genetic predisposition and increased vulnerability to early environmental insults. Mitochondrial dysfunctions appear also involved in ASD pathophysiology, but the mechanisms by which such alterations develop are not completely understood. Here, we analyzed ASD primary fibroblasts by measuring mitochondrial bioenergetics, ultrastructural and dynamic parameters to investigate the hypothesis that defects in these pathways could be interconnected phenomena responsible or consequence for the redox imbalance observed in ASD. High levels of 4-hydroxynonenal protein adducts together with increased NADPH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphateoxidase) activity and mitochondrial superoxide production coupled with a compromised antioxidant response guided by a defective Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2-Related Factor 2 pathway confirmed an unbalanced redox homeostasis in ASD. Moreover, ASD fibroblasts showed overactive mitochondrial bioenergetics associated with atypical morphology and altered expression of mitochondrial electron transport chain complexes and dynamics-regulating factors. We suggest that many of the changes observed in mitochondria could represent compensatory mechanisms by which ASD cells try to adapt to altered energy demand, possibly resulting from a chronic oxinflammatory status. © 2020 The Authors. The FASEB Journal published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.BACKGROUND Left atrial (LA) dimension is a marker of disease severity and outcome in primary and secondary mitral regurgitation. In transcatheter mitral valve repair, LA enlargement might additionally impact on device handling and technical success through an altered anatomy and atrial annular dilatation. METHODS AND RESULTS Data from the multicentre German TRAnscatheter Mitral valve Interventions registry (TRAMI) were used to analyse the association of baseline LA diameter by tertiles with efficacy, safety and long-term clinical outcome in patients undergoing edge-to-edge repair with MitraClip. In 520 of 843 patients prospectively enrolled in TRAMI, baseline LA diameter were reported [median (interquartile range) LA diameter in tertiles 44 (40-46) mm, 51 (48-53) mm and 60 (55-66) mm]. Larger LA diameters were significantly associated with secondary aetiology of mitral regurgitation, lower ejection fraction, larger left ventricle, male sex and atrial fibrillation (all P  less then  0.05). Technical success way.BACKGROUND MRI follow-up is widely used for longitudinal assessment of astrocytoma, yet reading can be tedious and error-prone, in particular when changes are subtle. PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS To determine the effect of automated, color-coded coregistration (AC) of fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequences on diagnostic accuracy, certainty, and reading time compared to conventional follow-up MRI assessment of astrocytoma patients. STUDY TYPE Retrospective. POPULATION In all, 41 patients with neuropathologically confirmed astrocytoma. FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE 1.0-3.0T/FLAIR ASSESSMENT The presence or absence of tumor progression was determined based on FLAIR sequences, contrast-enhanced T1 sequences, and clinical data. Three radiologists assessed 47 MRI study pairs in a conventional reading (CR) and in a second reading supported by AC after 6 weeks. Readers determined the presence/absence of tumor progression and indicated diagnostic certainty on a 5-point Likert scale. Reading time was recorded by an indeerintensity at MRI follow-up of astrocytoma patients, allowing for a significantly higher diagnostic accuracy, particularly for subtle disease progression at a comparable reading time. EVIDENCE LEVEL 3 TECHNICAL EFFICACY STAGE 6. © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.The unexpected appearance of T1 hyperintensities, mostly in the dentate nucleus and the globus pallidus, during nonenhanced MRI was reported in 2014. This effect is associated with prior repeated administrations of gadolinium (Gd)-based contrast agents (GBCAs) in patients with a functional blood-brain barrier (BBB). BMS-1166 concentration It is widely assumed that GBCAs do not cross the intact BBB, but the observation of these hypersignals raises questions regarding this assumption. This review critically discusses the mechanisms of Gd accumulation in the brain with regard to access pathways, Gd species, tissue distribution, and subcellular location. We propose the hypothesis that there is early access of Gd species to cerebrospinal fluid, followed by passive diffusion into the brain parenchyma close to the cerebral ventricles. When accessing areas rich in endogenous metals or phosphorus, the less kinetically stable GBCAs would dissociate, and Gd would bind to endogenous macromolecules, and/or precipitate within the brain tissue. It is also proposed that Gd species enter the brain parenchyma along penetrating cortical arteries in periarterial pial-glial basement membranes and leave the brain along intramural peri-arterial drainage (IPAD) pathways.