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J Cardiol
January 2025
Cardiovascular Department, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy.
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) score is a neglected biomarker that can be derived from non-cardiac chest computed tomography scan and represents a surrogate for atherosclerosis. We created a simulation model using different CAC score values in the MESA coronary artery risk score in a population derived from the Fourier Trial. CAC score could modulate the sample sizes of cardiovascular trials in primary and secondary prevention and offer new primary prevention treatments to high-risk subjects with reasonable numbers needed to treat comparable to secondary prevention trials.
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December 2024
Department of Infectious Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, JS, China.
Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM) globally face a high risk of HIV infection. Previous studies indicate that customized short message service (SMS) interventions could reduce high-risk behaviors that associated with HIV transmission. This study aims to evaluate the health and economic impacts of such interventions among MSM in China.
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December 2024
Centre for Health Economics & Medicines Evaluation, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales.
Background: In the United Kingdom, it is estimated that 5,000 patients sustain eye injuries or ocular trauma requiring hospital admission annually, of which 250 patients will be permanently blinded. This study explores the cost-effectiveness of Adjunctive Steroid Combination in Ocular Trauma (ASCOT) given during surgery versus standard treatment in vitreoretinal surgery in patients with open globe trauma.
Methods: This economic evaluation was embedded alongside the ASCOT RCT (ClinicalTrials.
Global Spine J
December 2024
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
J Transl Med
December 2024
NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Surgery Medical Transformation, Mianyang Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Mianyang, 621000, China.
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