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Intracoronary physiology is increasingly used in nonculprit stenoses of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). However, evidence regarding the safety of fractional flow reserve-based deferral in patients with ACS, compared with patients with stable angina pectoris (SAP), is scarce.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety of revascularization deferral on the basis of fractional flow reserve interrogation of nonculprit lesions in patients with ACS.

A pooled analysis was performed of individual patient data included in 5 large international published studies on physiology-guided revascularization. The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiac events (MACE) (a composite of death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or unplanned revascularization) at 1-year follow-up. Clinical outcomes of patients with ACS and SAP were compared in both the deferred and the revascularized groups.

A total of 8,579 patients were included in the analysis, 6,461 with SAP and 2,118 with ACS and nonculprit stenoses. ed to this excess of MACE.

Patients with ACS in whom revascularization of nonculprit lesions was deferred on the basis of fractional flow reserve have more MACE at 1 year compared with patients with SAP with deferred revascularization. Unplanned revascularization mainly contributed to this excess of MACE.

The aim of this study was to investigate the prognosis of a large cohort of patients with stable angina and unobstructed coronaries undergoing acetylcholine spasm testing.

Coronary artery spasm can be found in up to 60% of patients with symptoms of myocardial ischemia despite unobstructed coronary arteries.

Consecutive symptomatic patients with unobstructed coronary arteries undergoing acetylcholine testing to detect epicardial or microvascular coronary spasm were prospectively enrolled. After a median follow-up period of 7.2 years (6.5 to 7.9 years), data regarding mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction, stroke, repeat coronary angiography, recurrent symptoms, and quality of life were obtained in 736 patients (57% women, mean age 62 ± 12 years).

In total, 55 deaths (7.5%), 8 nonfatal myocardial infarctions (1.4%), and 12 strokes (2.2%) occurred during the follow-up period. Recurrent symptoms were reported by 64% of patients, and repeat coronary angiography was performed in 12% of cases. Multivariasm was associated with recurrent angina. Acetylcholine testing may help identify patients at increased risk for adverse cardiac events among this overall low-risk population.Despite the growing burden of major depressive disorder (MDD) on the society, therapeutic management that is mostly based on the conventional monoaminergic mechanisms, is significantly delimited especially from low response rate and time lag for treatment response; thus, often prolonging the distress for patients. The mechanistic exploration of drug candidates that could exert antidepressant effects rapidly has highlighted the significance of modulating mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway in MDD. Fast acting antidepressants acts at different receptors, subunits and sites, including NMDA, AMPA, m1ACh, mGluR2/3 and GluN2B to enhance mTOR function, leading to increase in synaptic protein synthesis, synaptogenesis and spine-remodeling, which in turn contribute to the rapid antidepressant effects. This review focuses on the preclinical and clinical evidences on the fast acting antidepressants that can modulate mTOR pathway. It can be understood that modulating mTOR pathway for rapid onset of antidepressant effect in MDD is not without challenges as some of the drugs have failed in advanced stages of clinical trials. However, considering the recent approval of esketamine as a breakthrough in decades, fast acting antidepressants in the mTOR pathway may have promising prospects in the drug discovery pipeline.Growth hormone (GH) and its mediator, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), have long been recognized as central to human growth physiology. IGF-1 is known to complex with IGF binding proteins as well as with the acid labile subunit (ALS) in order to prolong its half-life in circulation. Factors regulating the bioavailability of IGF-1 (i.e. the balance between free and bound IGF-1) were less well understood. NPD4928 chemical structure Recently, pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A2 (PAPP-A2) was discovered as a protease which specifically cleaves IGF-binding protein (IGFBP)-3 and -5. PAPP-A2 deficient patients present with characteristic findings including growth failure, elevated total IGF-1 and -2, IGFBPs, and ALS, but decreased percentage of free to total IGF-1. Additionally, patients with PAPP-A2 deficiency have impairments in glucose metabolism and bone mineral density (BMD). Treatment with recombinant human IGF-1 (rhIGF-1) improved height SD scores, growth velocity, body composition, and dysglycemia. Mouse models recapitulate many of the human findings of PAPP-A2 deficiency. This review summarizes the function of PAPP-A2 and its contribution to the GH-IGF axis through an examination of PAPP-A2 deficient patients and mouse models, thereby emphasizing the importance of the regulation of IGF-1 bioavailability in human growth.Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is endemic in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. In contrast to the eastern part of the continent, very little data exists on the current disease situation in southern Africa including Zambia. This study determined frequency and species identity of Echinococcus spp. circulating in livestock and dogs in the Western Province of Zambia. Cysts were collected in slaughterhouses at meat inspection (cattle) and during examination of home slaughtered pigs, while dog faecal samples were collected per-rectum and examined microscopically for the presence of taeniid eggs. Individual taeniid eggs from faecal samples and individual protoscoleces from cysts were genotyped by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and/or sequencing of the NADH-dehydrogenase subunit 1 (nad1) and cytochrome C oxidase 1 (cox1) gene. Fifty-four of 2000 cattle (2.7%) were found infected with a total of 65 cysts, predominantly fertile lungs cysts; all cysts were identified as Echinococcus ortleppi.