Publications by authors named "B Jefferson"
Introduction: Coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral artery disease (PAD) increase the risks of cardiovascular events and death. Digital health technologies are rapidly expanding to improve healthcare quality and access. The Care4Today Connect (C4T CAD-PAD) mobile application is designed to help patients with CAD and/or PAD improve medication adherence, learn about their disease, make lifestyle modifications, and enhance healthcare provider (HCP) connection via an HCP-facing portal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn a well-functioning slow sand filter (SSF), dissolved oxygen (DO) is crucial for enabling aerobic processes and microbiota growth. Given that DO supply is predominantly via the feed water, flow pauses (e.g.
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- A study analyzed the outcomes of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) specifically in patients with anomalous coronary arteries (ACA) from a large dataset of over 14,000 patients between 2012 and 2023.
- Among 14,470 CTO procedures, only 36 (0.24%) were performed on patients with ACA, who displayed similar baseline characteristics to those without ACA, but had more complicated lesions, requiring longer procedures and greater contrast volume.
- Despite the increased complexity, ACA patients achieved similar procedural success rates to non-ACA patients, with no major adverse cardiac events reported in the ACA group, indicating a favorable outcome for CTO PCI in
Treatment Wetlands (TWs) are widely used for the treatment of domestic wastewater, with an increasing emphasis on provision of multiple co-benefits. However, concerns remain regarding achieving stringent phosphorus (P) discharge limits, system robustness and resilience, and associated guidance on system design and operation. Typically, where P removal is intended with a passive TW, surface flow (SF) systems are the chosen design type.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The impact of peripheral artery disease (PAD) on the outcomes of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is not well studied.
Methods: We analyzed the association of PAD with CTO-PCI outcomes using data from the PROGRESS-CTO registry of procedures performed at 47 centers between 2012 and 2023.
Results: The prevalence of PAD among 12 961 patients who underwent CTO PCI during the study period was 13.