Adverse cardiovascular events and cardiac imaging findings in patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Background: There is an urgent need to better understand the diverse presentations, risk factors, and outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-associated cardiovascular toxicity. There remains a lack of consensus surrounding cardiovascular screening, risk stratification, and clinical decision-making in patients receiving ICIs.

Methods: We conducted a single center retrospective cohort study including 2165 cancer patients treated with ICIs between 2013 and 2020.

Observational study protocol for an arrhythmia notification feature.

Introduction: Screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) in the general population may help identify individuals at risk, enabling further assessment of risk factors and institution of appropriate treatment. Algorithms deployed on wearable technologies such as smartwatches and fitness bands may be trained to screen for such arrhythmias. However, their performance needs to be assessed for safety and accuracy prior to wide-scale implementation.

Investigation of ionic liquid adsorption and interfacial tension reduction using different crude oils; effects of salts, ionic liquid, and pH.

The results revealed the significant effect of NaCl, KCl, CaCl, MgCl, CaSO, MgSO, and NaSO and pH values of 3.5-11 on the interfacial tension (IFT) reduction using three types of neutral, acidic, and basic crude oils, especially for acidic crude oil (crude oil II) as the pH was changed from 3.5 to 11 (due to saponification process).

Ionic liquids adsorption and interfacial tension reduction for synthetic resinous and asphaltenic oils: salinity and pH effects.

The effects of sulfate salts under low and high salinity conditions and pH of 3.5-11 on interfacial tension (IFT) reduction and IL adsorption using resinous (RSO) and asphaltenic (8 wt/wt%) synthetic oils are investigated. The measurements showed the increasing effect of pH on the IFT of RSO/DW from 23.

Inter-Rater Reliability for the Amputation Endpoint in the National Vascular Quality Initiative.

Background: National quality reporting efforts after revascularization for peripheral artery disease (PAD) are ongoing. Validation of endpoints are necessary in national quality registries.

Objectives: This study sought to examine the interrater reliability for the endpoint of major amputation at 1 year in the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) registry and the Medicare-linked Vascular Quality Initiative registry (VQI-VISION) against electronic health record (EHR) review.