Acute pulmonary embolism with and without hemodynamic instability (2003-2022): A Swiss nationwide epidemiological study.

Background: Data on the epidemiological burden of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in Switzerland is unavailable. Knowledge gaps remain on trends in PE-related comorbidities, PE severity, and length of in-hospital stay (LOS) at a nationwide level.

Methods: We used nationwide, patient-level data including all patients aged 15 years or older hospitalized for PE in Switzerland from 2003 to 2022, amounting to N=180,600.

Long-term course of ambulatory patients with COVID-19 initially treated with enoxaparin vs no anticoagulation: final analysis of the OVID (enoxaparin for outpatients with COVID-19) randomized trial.

Background: Early thromboprophylaxis does not prevent hospital admissions and death among outpatients with symptomatic COVID-19. Its impact on long-term outcomes, including long COVID symptoms and performance status, is unknown.

Objectives: To assess the long-term effects of thromboprophylaxis given at the time of acute COVID-19 in outpatients.

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of femoropopliteal veins for treatment of post-thrombotic syndrome.

Controversy persists concerning the endovascular treatment of the post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS), particularly if femoropopliteal veins are involved. We screened consecutive patients with PTS who underwent percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of femoropopliteal veins using posterior tibial or popliteal vein access who had at least 3-month follow-up. Our assessment included the evaluation of primary and secondary patency of the treated segments by Doppler ultrasound (DUS) and clinical outcomes measured by the change in Villalta score as well as ulcer healing.

Mortality trend of ischemic heart disease (2008-2022): A retrospective analysis of epidemiological data.

Background: Age-sex specific trend analyses of ischemic heart disease (IHD)-related mortality and prevalent risk factors can improve our understanding and approach to the disease.

Methods: We performed a 15-year retrospective epidemiological analysis of acute and chronic IHD-related mortality and prevalent cardiovascular risk factors using administrative data from Veneto, a socio-economically homogeneous Italian region. Standard mortality statistics using the underlying cause of death (UCOD) and deaths with any mention of IHD in death certificates (MCOD) from ICD-10 codes I20-I25 was performed between 2008 and 2022.

Prevalent use of high-intensity statin therapy and LDL-C target attainment among PAD patients undergoing angioplasty.

The global burden of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is substantial. Reducing the major modifiable risk factors for noncommunicable disease, including dyslipidaemia, represents a public health priority. Aim is to evaluate the prevalent adequate use of lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) attainment among patients with PAD of the lower extremities undergoing percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.

Mental Health Determinants Among a Psychiatric Outpatient Sample of Vietnamese Migrants in Germany.

Mental health risk-factors for Asian migrants have been studied almost exclusively in the US, Canada, and Australia but not in European countries. Therefore, we aimed to identify sociodemographic, clinical, and migration-surrounding factors associated with experienced mental distress among Vietnamese migrants in Germany. 305 Vietnamese migrants utilizing Germany's first Vietnamese psychiatric outpatient clinic filled out at admission the Brief-Symptom-Inventory 18 (BSI-18) as well as a questionnaire on 22 potential mental health determinants.

Acculturation and severity of depression among first-generation Vietnamese outpatients in Germany.

Background: Challenges of migration, particularly concerning the process of acculturation are associated with an increased risk of mental illness. Vietnamese migrants constitute the largest Southeast Asian migrant group in Germany, yet there is no data on the relationship between the mental health status and acculturation among this population.

Aims: Therefore, the present study examines the relationship between two well-established dimensions of acculturation, that is, dominant society immersion (DSI) and ethnic society immersion (ESI), the four resulting acculturation strategies (integration, assimilation, separation and marginalization), and severity of depression.

Migration-Related Stressors and Their Effect on the Severity Level and Symptom Pattern of Depression among Vietnamese in Germany.

Objectives: Vietnamese in Germany represent a scarcely researched and vulnerable group for mental health problems, especially under exposure to migration-related stressors (MRS). This study analyzes the effect of those MRS on the severity level and symptom pattern of depression.

Design: We analyzed the data of 137 depressed Vietnamese patients utilizing Germany's first Vietnamese psychiatric outpatient clinic.