Publications by authors named "B N Levitan"

L-type CaV1.2 current (ICa,L) links electrical excitation to contraction in cardiac myocytes. ICa,L is tightly regulated to control cardiac output.

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Importance: Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are an effective but underutilized treatment. Opioid use disorder prevalence is high among people receiving treatment in community outpatient mental health treatment facilities (MHTFs), but MHTFs are understudied as an MOUD access point.

Objective: To quantify availability of MOUD at community outpatient MHTFs in high-burden states as well as characteristics associated with offering MOUD.

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  • The VOYAGER PAD trial evaluated the effectiveness and safety of rivaroxaban combined with aspirin versus aspirin alone for patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease undergoing revascularization, with half the participants also on clopidogrel.
  • The study found that rivaroxaban plus aspirin could reduce the occurrence of major thrombotic vascular events significantly but resulted in a higher risk of major bleeding episodes.
  • Benefit-risk analyses indicated a relatively favorable outcome for rivaroxaban; when weighted for clinical importance, there was a high probability (64.4% to 98.7%) that the benefits of using rivaroxaban outweigh the associated risks.
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• CoA must be considered in a young patient with severe uncontrolled hypertension. • Presentation may be delayed due to extensive collateral circulation. • Multimodality imaging is often necessary for preprocedural planning.

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Recent reports related to in utero exposure of marketed immunosuppressive biologics led to clinical recommendations to delay live vaccinations for infants due to the concern of reduced vaccine effectiveness and/or increased risk of vaccine-related disease. These delays can increase the risk of children contracting vaccine preventable diseases, yet the alternative cessation of biologics during pregnancy may result in increased autoimmune disease activity for the pregnant person, raising complex benefit-risk (B-R) considerations and trade-offs. Our goal is to develop a conceptual framework for B-R assessment based on the key benefits and risks pregnant people would consider for themselves and their children when continuing (vs.

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