Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Involving the Left Main with Extension to Left Anterior Descending Artery and Left Circumflex Artery: Diagnostic and Management Challenges.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of unstable angina, myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death, particularly among young women and individuals without conventional atherosclerotic risk factors. We present the case of a 43-year-old woman who had spontaneous coronary artery dissection involving the left main with extension to left anterior descending artery and left circumflex artery. She was ultimately managed medically, with a good outcome.

Case report: intracoronary stent fracture complicated with coronary abscess and fistulization into the pericardium.

Background: Stent fractures are a rare complication of angioplasties and are an unusual substrate for coronary abscesses.

Case Summary: A 63-year-old patient came into the emergency department for ongoing chest pain. The patient had recently undergone coronary stent implantation, 3 months prior.

Solution-Crystalized AgBiS Films for Solar Cells Generating a Photo-Current Density Over 31 mA cm.

In response to the toxic heavy metal absorbers in perovskite solar cells (PSCs), this work focuses on the development of an environmentally friendly simple solution-processed infrared (IR) absorber. In this work, a simple solution-crystallized IR-absorbing AgBiS film is reported by spin-coating silver, bismuth nitrates, and thiourea dissolved in dimethylformamide (DMF) to produce thick AgBiS film. Extensive optimization of the precursor concentrations thicknesses and conductive substrates used allow for obtaining 250 nm AgBiS film with different crystal sizes.

A Prospective Longitudinal Quality Initiative toward Improved Enhanced Recovery after Cesarean Pathways.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate whether enhanced recovery after cesarean (ERAC) pathways reduces inpatient and outpatient opioid use, pain scores and improves the indicators of postoperative recovery.

Study Design: This is a prospective, longitudinal, quality improvement study of all patients older than 18 undergoing an uncomplicated cesarean delivery (CD) at an academic medical center. We excluded complicated CD, patients with chronic pain disorders, chronic opioid use, acute postpartum depression, or mothers whose neonate demised before their discharge.

Enhanced recovery after cesarean from the patient perspective: a prospective study of the ERAC Questionnaire (ERAC-Q).

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of an Enhanced Recovery After Cesarean (ERAC) protocol on the post-cesarean recovery experience using a validated ten-item questionnaire (ERAC-Q).

Methods: This is a prospective cohort study of patients completing ERAC quality-of-life questionnaires (ERAC-Q) during inpatient recovery after cesarean delivery (CD) between October 2019 and September 2020, before and after the implementation of our ERAC protocol. Patients with non-Pfannenstiel incision, ICU admission, massive transfusion, bowel injury, existing chronic pain disorders, acute postpartum depression, or neonatal demise were excluded.