Latinx Sexual Minority Adolescent Substance Use: State of the Science and Call for Intersectional Minority Stressors and Protective Factors.

Purpose Of Review: Latinx sexual minority adolescents (LSMA) are at an intersection of ethnic and sexual minority (SM) status and may experience heighten risk of substance use and related problems. These youth may also hold unique protective factors that help mitigate the effects of minority stress and curb substance use. Little is known, however, about the intersectional minority stressors (i.

Assessment of silent microembolism by magnetic resonance imaging after cardioversion in atrial fibrillation.

Introduction And Objectives: To study electrical cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation as a potential cause of acute ischemic brain lesions.

Methods: We performed prospective analysis of 62 consecutive patients (62 [10] years, 16 female). All of them were anticoagulated for at least 3 weeks with an international normalized ratio of 2.