Gender, racial and ethnic disparities in acute coronary syndromes with coronary in-stent restenosis.

Background: Coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) is a major clinical challenge of contemporary percutaneous revascularization and portends adverse cardiovascular outcomes.

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate gender, race, and ethnicity related outcomes in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) with ISR.

Methods: Primary hospitalizations for ACS and ISR in the National Inpatient Sample database from 2016 to 2019 were included.

Cognitive function in recovered COVID-19 Lebanese patients with schizophrenia.

Introduction: It remains unclear whether COVID-19 which is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus is associated with the deterioration of cognitive function among patients with schizophrenia. This study aimed to evaluate changes in cognitive function before and after COVID-19 and associated factors among patients with schizophrenia at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross (HPC).

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted among 95 patients with schizophrenia followed from mid-2019 until June 2021 at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross (HPC).

COVID-19 outbreak in a psychiatric hospital: what makes it worse?

Background: Psychiatric patients could be at risk of worse outcomes from COVID-19 than the general population. The primary objective of the present study was to describe the symptoms and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients living in long-term hospital for mental illness in Lebanon. The secondary objective was to evaluate the factors related to COVID-19 disease severity among these patients.

Δ133p53α enhances metabolic and cellular fitness of TCR-engineered T cells and promotes superior antitumor immunity.

Background: Tumor microenvironment-associated T cell senescence is a key limiting factor for durable effective cancer immunotherapy. A few studies have demonstrated the critical role of the tumor suppressor TP53-derived p53 isoforms in cellular senescence process of non-immune cells. However, their role in lymphocytes, in particular tumor-antigen (TA) specific T cells remain largely unexplored.

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound versus Brachytherapy for the Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer: A Matched-Pair Analysis.

Purpose. To evaluate postoperative morbidity and long term oncologic and functional outcomes of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) compared to brachytherapy for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. Material and Methods.