Obstructive sleep apnoea is associated with the development of diastolic dysfunction after myocardial infarction with preserved ejection fraction.

Background: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is a predictor of adverse outcome after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We aimed to test if sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) contributes to the development of diastolic dysfunction in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction after AMI.

Method: Patients with AMI, percutaneous coronary intervention and an ejection fraction ≥50% were included in this sub-analysis of a prospective observational study.

The impact of epicardial adipose tissue in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Aims: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) has been linked to impaired reperfusion success after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Whether EAT predicts myocardial damage in the early phase after acute myocardial infarction (MI) is unclear. Therefore, we investigated whether EAT in patients with acute MI is associated with more microvascular obstruction (MVO), greater ST-deviation, larger infarct size and reduced myocardial salvage index (MSI).

Mesoporous GeO/Ge/C as a Highly Reversible Anode Material with High Specific Capacity for Lithium-Ion Batteries.

Nanostructured Ge is considered a highly promising material for Li-ion battery applications as Ge offers high specific capacity and Li-ion diffusivity, while inherent mesoporous nanostructures can contribute resistance against capacity fading as typically induced by high volume expansion in bulk Ge films. Mesoporous GeO/Ge/C films are synthesized using KGe Zintl clusters as a Ge precursor and the amphiphilic diblock copolymer polystyrene--polyethylene oxide as a templating tool. As compared to a reference sample without post-treatment, enhanced surface-to-volume ratios are achieved through post-treatment with a poor-good azeotrope solvent mixture.