Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump: Overall and Temporal Trends of Comparative Effectiveness in a National Registry.

Background: Although the latest studies failed to prove the benefit of routine intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) use in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) presenting with cardiogenic shock, the benefit of IABP utilization in selected cases in "real world" practice is unknown.

Aims: We sought to follow temporal trends in IABP use in a real-world cohort of acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Methods: We evaluated IABP utilization and patient outcomes from the Acute Coronary Syndrome in Israel Survey (ACSIS) between the years 2000 and 2021.

Performance of Clinical Scoring Systems in the Diagnosis of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy in a Diverse Patient Cohort.

Background: Two diagnostic clinical scoring systems, the ATTR-CM Score and the T-AMYLO Score, have been proposed but not validated in diverse populations despite Black race being an important risk factor for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). The aim of this study was to evaluate their performance in diagnosing ATTR-CM in a diverse patient cohort.

Methods: This retrospective single-center study analyzed patients who underwent a 99mTc-pyrophosphate single-photon emission computed tomography scan (Tc-PYP) for workup of suspected ATTR-CM.

Ensuring equity in psychosocial risk assessment for solid organ transplantation: a review.

Purpose Of Review: This review summarizes the different instruments for evaluating the psychosocial health of transplant candidates, the evidence demonstrating how these instruments relate to probability of transplant waitlisting and transplant outcomes, and the critical knowledge gaps that exist in the causal pathway between psychosocial health and clinical transplant trajectory.

Recent Findings: The current literature reveals that psychosocial assessments are a common reason for racial and ethnic minorities to be denied access to the transplant list. Given evidence that a lack of clinician consensus exists regarding the definition of, importance of, and reproducibility of psychosocial support evaluations, this facet of the holistic evaluation process may create a unique challenge for already vulnerable patient populations.

Histopathologic and Molecular Insights Following the Management of Ameloblastomas via Targeted Therapies - Pathological and Clinical Perspectives.

Purpose: Current standard of care for ameloblastoma (conventional/unicystic - mural type) usually mandates extensive bone resection that frequently necessitates immediate reconstruction with serious sequelae, especially among young patients. BRAF-mutated ameloblastomas can be targeted by BRAF inhibitors to markedly reduce their size, enabling conservative removal of residual tumor. We aimed to characterize the effect of post-treatment histomorphologic changes.