Deep learning to predict long-term mortality from plain chest X-ray in patients referred for suspected coronary artery disease.

Background: The hypothesis that a deep learning (DL) model can produce long-term prognostic information from chest X-ray (CXR) has already been confirmed within cancer screening programs. We summarize our experience with DL prediction of long-term mortality, from plain CXR, in patients referred for angina and coronary angiography.

Methods: Data of patients referred to an Italian academic hospital were analyzed retrospectively.

Serious Games in the new era of digital-health interventions: A narrative review of their therapeutic applications to manage neurobehavior in neurodevelopmental disorders.

Children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders generally show adaptive, cognitive and motor skills impairments associated with behavioral problems, i.e., alterations in attention, anxiety and stress regulation, emotional and social relationships, which strongly limit their quality of life.

Coordinated inauthentic behavior: An innovative manipulation tactic to amplify COVID-19 anti-vaccine communication outreach social media.

Coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB) is a manipulative communication tactic that uses a mix of authentic, fake, and duplicated social media accounts to operate as an adversarial network (AN) across multiple social media platforms. The article aims to clarify how CIB's emerging communication tactic "secretly" exploits technology to massively harass, harm, or mislead the online debate around crucial issues for society, like the COVID-19 vaccination. CIB's manipulative operations could be one of the greatest threats to freedom of expression and democracy in our society.

Deep learning to detect significant coronary artery disease from plain chest radiographs AI4CAD.

Background: The predictive role of chest radiographs in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) is underestimated and may benefit from artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

Objectives: To train, test, and validate a deep learning (DL) solution for detecting significant CAD based on chest radiographs.

Methods: Data of patients referred for angina and undergoing chest radiography and coronary angiography were analysed retrospectively.

Implantation of an Innovative Intracardiac Microcomputer System for Web-Based Real-Time Monitoring of Heart Failure: Usability and Patients' Attitudes.

Background: Heart failure (HF) management guided by the measurement of intracardiac and pulmonary pressure values obtained through innovative permanent intracardiac microsensors has been recently proposed as a valid strategy to individualize treatment and anticipate hemodynamic destabilization. These sensors have potential to reduce patient hospitalization rates and optimize quality of life.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usability and patients' attitudes toward a new permanent intracardiac device implanted to remotely monitor left intra-atrial pressures (V-LAP, Vectorious Medical Technologies, Tel Aviv, Israel) in patients with chronic HF.

Intra-cardiac microcomputer allows for innovative telemedicine in chronic heart failure during coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic: a case report.

Background: Heart failure patient management guided by invasive intra-cardiac and pulmonary pressure measurements through permanent intra-cardiac micro-sensors has recently been published as a strategy to individualize the therapy of patients with chronic heart failure to reduce re-hospitalization and optimize quality of life. Furthermore, the use of telemedicine could have an important impact on infective disease spread during the current coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic.

Case Summary: Emergent hospitalization of a patient with acute on chronic heart failure, who is currently in self-isolation as a result of his comorbid profile that exposes him to high risk for severe course and mortality in case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection was prevented using a last generation telemedicine tool.

Routine Transesophageal Echocardiography in Atrial Fibrillation Before Electrical Cardioversion to Detect Left Atrial Thrombosis and Echocontrast.

Background: Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) before electrical cardioversion (ECV) in atrial fibrillation (AF) is not routinely performed in anticoagulated patients.

Methods: Starting from TEE findings of anticoagulated and non-anticoagulated patients referred for ECV, we investigated the rate of spontaneous echo-contrast (SEC) and left atrial thrombus (LAT) and identified their independent predictors.

Results: A total of 403 patients were included: 262 (65%) had no anticoagulation, 47 (11.

Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure for cerebrovascular accident prevention: rationale, indications, technical aspects, clinical results and future perspective.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. The most feared complication of AF is thromboembolism. Oral anticoagulation (OAC) is the standard treatment to reduce thromboembolism occurrence in patients with AF.

The world wide web and robotic heart surgery.

Purpose: The primary goal of this study was to (1) determine patients' access to and use of the Internet for healthrelated information before and after endoscopic atraumatic coronary artery bypass (Endo-ACAB) surgery, (2) investigate patients' methods of searching for such information, and (3) suggest future improvements for Internet-based patient education. The secondary goal of this study was to determine (1) patients' health-related quality of life and (2) degree of satisfaction following the Endo-ACAB procedure.

Methods: A follow-up study was conducted of 50 consecutive patients who had undergone Endo-ACAB procedures at the Center for Less Invasive Cardiac Surgery and Robotic Heart Surgery in Buffalo, New York.

A pediatric surgery study: parent usage of the Internet for medical information.

Purpose: The goal of this study was to (1) determine parents access to and use of the Internet for information relating to their child's health; (2) investigate parents methods of searching for such information; and (3) evaluate the information found in relation to its readability, accuracy, and influence.

Methods: A study was conducted of 150 parents of outpatients in the Pediatric Surgery Clinic of a local Children's Hospital. Parents completed study surveys over a 6-week time frame.