Successful uniportal thoracoscopic removal of a new generation implantable loop recorder accidentally migrated into the left pleural cavity and concomitant re-implantation: A case report.

Introduction: With the spread of the use of implantable loop recorders (ILRs) by cardiologists for outpatient cardiac monitoring, intrathoracic migration represents a rare but possible complication occurring after the placement of these devices. Very few cases of ILRs intrathoracic migration into the pleural cavity have been reported, followed in even fewer cases by surgical removal of the devices, but in none re-implantation was performed.

Presentation Of Case: We report the first case of a patient with a new generation ILR accidentally migrated into the postero-inferior costophrenic recess of the left pleural cavity, successfully removed by uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and submitted to re-implantation of a new ILR in the same operating session.

Access to magnetic resonance imaging of patients with magnetic resonance-conditional pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator systems: results from the Really ProMRI study.

Aims: The Really ProMRI study evaluates magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) access for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) as well as the performance of magnetic resonance (MR)-conditional leads when undergoing MRI.

Methods And Results: Patients either with an MR-conditional pacemaker or implantable defibrillator (ICD) system or with at least a component (device or one or more leads) from an MR-conditional system, were asked to fill in a questionnaire when they were referred to a MR scan. The rate of prescription, denial, or execution of MR examinations was evaluated in a 1-year follow-up visit.

Efficacy and residues of permethrin-incorporated nets used to protect maize grains post-harvest.

Background: Pest control in post-harvest food storage represents a great challenge in the sustainable prevention of food losses, and insecticide-treated netting may represent a valid alternative to traditional practices such as the direct application of insecticides. In our work, the efficacy of a permethrin-incorporated net, in combination with polypropylene or jute sacking, was tested for the control of Sitophilus oryzae. Contamination of maize grain by permethrin from the treated netting was also evaluated.

Presence and impact of allelic variations of two alternative s-kdr mutations, M918T and M918L, in the voltage-gated sodium channel of the green peach aphid Myzus persicae.

Background: Pyrethroids have been widely employed in order to control several agricultural pests, including Myzus persicae. Target-site resistance is the main mechanism that confers insensitivity to this class of compounds, and the most common amino acid substitutions are kdr (L1014F) and s-kdr (M918T), but recently another mutation in the s-kdr locus (M918L) has been described in French and Korean populations of M. persicae.