Translational molecular imaging: Thrombosis imaging with positron emission tomography.

A key focus of cardiovascular medicine is the detection, treatment, and prevention of disease, with a move towards more personalized and patient-centred treatments. To achieve this goal, novel imaging approaches that allow for early and accurate detection of disease and risk stratification are needed. At present, the diagnosis, monitoring, and prognostication of thrombotic cardiovascular diseases are based on imaging techniques that measure changes in structural anatomy and biological function.

Effects of in-utero personal exposure to PM sources and components on birthweight.

In-utero exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) and specific sources and components of PM have been linked with lower birthweight. However, previous results have been mixed, likely due to heterogeneity in sources impacting PM and due to measurement error from using ambient data. Therefore, we investigated the effect of PM sources and their high-loading components on birthweight using data from 198 women in the 3rd trimester from the MADRES cohort 48-h personal PM exposure monitoring sub-study.

Critical illness-associated cerebral microbleeds: What we learned after the COVID-19 pandemic. A systematic review.

Background: Cerebral microbleeds in critically ill patients have been a reported complication of COVID-19. However, they have also been described in patients with other respiratory infections and conditions requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Here, we aim to describe the clinical characteristics of critical illness-associated cerebral microbleeds and compare COVID-19 cases with those related to other conditions.

infection in mammals in Florida: New insight into the transmission of in the southeastern United States.

In Latin America, synanthropic mammalian reservoirs maintain , a parasitic protozoan, where they facilitate the transmission of the parasite to humans and other reservoir hosts in peridomestic settings. In the United States, raccoons () and Virginia opossums () are known synanthropic reservoir hosts; however, the role these species have in the peridomestic transmission cycle in the US is not well understood. This study aimed to identify the suite of mammalian reservoirs of in Florida.