Lipid Lowering Therapy Utilization and Lipid Goal Attainment in Women.

Purpose Of Review: The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the current status of lipid-lowering therapy utilization and lipid goal attainment in women. We focus on lipid-lowering therapy in individuals with and without established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, as well as familial hypercholesterolemia. Additionally, this review aims to explore the underlying mechanisms driving these sex differences and to identify existing knowledge gaps in this area.

FUPEC study, a prospective open-cohort on severe pre-eclampsia and cardiovascular risk factors based in the Netherlands.

Purpose: The FUPEC (Follow-Up Pre-EClampsia) study aims to investigate the presence and development of cardiovascular risk factors, cardiovascular disease, as well as cardiovascular health following a pregnancy complicated by severe pre-eclampsia.

Participants: The FUPEC study is an open-cohort study conducted within routine care at the FUPEC clinic at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands. This clinic is specifically designed for the cardiovascular follow-up of patients who have experienced severe pre-eclampsia.

Controlling nanoparticle placement in Au/TiO inverse opal photocatalysts.

Gold nanoparticle-loaded titania (Au/TiO) inverse opals are highly ordered three-dimensional photonic structures with enhanced photocatalytic properties. However, fine control over the placement of the Au nanoparticles in the inverse opal structures remains challenging with traditional preparative methods. Here, we present a multi-component co-assembly strategy to prepare high-quality Au/TiO inverse opal films in which Au nanoparticles are either located on, or inside the TiO matrix, as verified using electron tomography.

Evaluation of a new two-step frailty assessment of head and neck patients in a prospective cohort.

Purpose: Assessing frailty, in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients is key when choosing appropriate treatment. Optimal screening is challenging, as it should be feasible and should avoid over-referral for comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) This study aims to evaluate the association between geriatric assessment using a new two-step care pathway, referral to geriatrician and adverse outcomes.

Methods: This institutional retrospective analysis on a prospective cohort analysed the multimodal geriatric assessment (GA) of newly diagnosed HNC patients.