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, respectively. The primary AOT group showed significantly superior improvements in clinical outcomes compared with the BMS group at last follow-up (P= .001). Fourteen patients in the primary BMS group and 2 patients in the primary AOT group experienced clinical failure. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed a superior survival rate of primary AOT (P= .042). Syndesmosis widening (hazard ratio 12.361; P= .004) and large lesion surface area (hazard ratio 1.011; P= .014) were significant relative risks of clinical failure in the primary BMS group. However, lesion volume showed no significant relationship with clinical failure.

Long-term results of primary AOT showed superior clinical improvements and survival rate in treating large cystic OLT. Risk factors for failure in the primary BMS group were large lesion surface area and syndesmosis widening.

Retrospective comparative study LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III.

Retrospective comparative study LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III.Missing data is a common occurrence in clinical research. Missing data occurs when the value of the variables of interest are not measured or recorded for all subjects in the sample. Common approaches to addressing the presence of missing data include complete-case analyses, in which subjects with missing data are excluded, or mean-value imputation, where missing values are replaced with the mean value of that variable in those subjects for whom it is not missing. However, in many settings, these approaches can lead to biased estimates of statistics (e.g., of regression coefficients) and/or to confidence intervals that are artificially narrow. Multiple imputation (MI) is a popular approach for addressing the presence of missing data. With MI, multiple plausible values of a given variable are imputed or filled-in for each subject who has missing data for that variable. This results in the creation of multiple completed datasets. Identical statistical analyses are conducted in each of these complete datasets and the results are pooled across complete datasets. We provide an introduction to MI and discuss issues in its implementation, including developing the imputation model, how many imputed datasets to create, and addressing derived variables. We illustrate the application of MI through an analysis of data on patients hospitalized with heart failure. We focus on developing a model to estimate the probability of one-year mortality in the presence of missing data. Statistical software code for conducting multiple imputation in R, SAS, and Stata are provided.The patient cohort with left ventricular ejection fractions (LVEFs) of 41%-49%, which has been defined as heart failure with midrange ejection fraction (HFmrEF), represent a significant proportion of the heart failure (HF) population. Despite the clear cutoffs established by different society guidelines, confusion remains regarding the exact significance of midrange LVEF within the HF syndrome. Patients with LVEF 41%-49% represent a heterogeneous group of patients sharing pathophysiologic mechanisms, biomarker profiles, comorbidities, and clinical characteristics with patients with preserved and reduced LVEF. In this clinical review, we discuss the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms that culminate in the clinical syndrome of HF and contribute to the disparities observed between HFpEF, HFrEF, and HFmrEF. We highlight differences and similarities in clinical characteristics and imaging features between HFpEF and HFrEF in an effort to disentangle the heterogeneous group of patients with midrange LVEF, but ultimately we conclude that LVEF should be seen as simply one important element of a continuum throughout the HF syndrome, and that although is useful, it is an oversimplification, because HF syndrome is more of a continuum. The underlying pathophysiology, etiology, and comorbidities of patients presenting with HF is becoming ever more important as the limitations of a classification solely based on LVEF are being better recognised, and as patient-specific personalisation of care is becoming ever more important.Heart failure (HF) and diabetes mellitus (DM) confer considerable burden on the health care system. Although these often occur together, DM can increase risk of HF, whereas HF can accelerate complications of DM. HF is a clinical syndrome resulting from systolic or diastolic impairment caused by ischemic, nonischemic (eg, DM), or other etiologies. Epigenetics inhibitor HF exists along a spectrum from stage A (ie, persons at risk of DM) to stage D (ie, refractory HF from end-stage DM cardiomyopathy [DMCM]). HF is further categorized by reduced, midrange, and preserved ejection fraction (EF). In type 2 DM, the most prevalent form of DM, several pathophysiological mechanisms (eg, insulin resistance and hyperglycemia) can contribute to myocardial damage, leading to DMCM. Management of HF and DM and patient outcomes are guided by EF and drug efficacy. In this review, we focus on the interplay between HF and DM on disease pathophysiology, management, and patient outcomes. Specifically, we highlight the role of novel antihyperglycemic (eg, sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors) and HF therapies (eg, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors) on HF outcomes in patients with DM and HF.AMD3100 (plerixafor) is a vital component of many clinical and preclinical transplant protocols, facilitating harvest of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells through mobilization into the peripheral blood circulation. Repeat mobilization with AMD3100 is also necessary for many patients with suboptimal first stem cell collection or those requiring repeat transplantation. In this study we investigated the mobilization efficacy of repeated AMD3100 dosages in the nonhuman primate and humanized mouse models. In nonhuman primates, we observed effective mobilization after the first AMD3100 administration but a significantly poorer response in CD34+ and hematopoietic stem cell-enriched CD90+ cells with subsequent doses of the drug. A similar loss of efficacy with repeated administration was noted in immunodeficient mice engrafted with human CD34+ cells, in whom the total human white cell population, and particularly human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, mobilized significantly less effectively following a second AMD3100 administration when compared with the first dose.