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CONCLUSIONS The evidence supporting the management of chronic cough due to CB is limited overall and of low quality. This document provides guidance on treatment by presenting suggestions based on the best currently available evidence and identifies gaps in our knowledge and areas for future research. Solute carrier proteins (SLCs), the most understudied and second largest group of membrane proteins, maintain cellular metabolic homeostasis via the export and import of various solute, ions, metabolites, and even drugs. Given the importance of SLCs in maintaining normal cellular function, dysregulation of these proteins leads to the dramatic progression of cancers in neoplastic cells. The importance of these transporters as drug targets is gradually being realized by the scientific community. In this review, we describe the role of SLCs in hallmarks of cancer, focusing mainly on the connection between oncogenes (Myc) and SLCs in breast cancer. We also discussed the role of glucose and amino acid transporters in cancer cells and how they can be manipulated to develop anticancer therapies. The advantages of transthoracic robotic first rib resection (rFRR) are uncontested exposure of the anatomy of the thoracic outlet and freedom from any neurovascular retraction. The technique of rFRR is distilled here in a patient with neurogenic TOS. BACKGROUND Aortic valve repair (AVr) using a central coaptation stitch or bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) are most commonly performed at the time of durable LVAD implant to address AV insufficiency (AI). METHODS Prospective data collection on 46 patients undergoing LVAD implant from 2007 through 2018 who received concomitant AVr (n=40) or AVR (n=6) was retrospectively-analyzed to assess freedom from recurrent aortic insufficiency. AGI-24512 mw Paired Wilcoxon rank sum test was used to compare echocardiographic findings. Mantel-Cox statistics were used to analyze survival. RESULTS For AVr, central coaptation lead to a mean decrease in AI severity by 2.1+1.0 grades (P 3.5cm was predictive of less improvement in AI severity compared to less then 3.5cm (1.83+1.03 vs 2.47+0.80 grades of improvement, P=0.038). Duration of cardiopulmonary bypass was 32 minutes longer and duration of aortic cross-clamp 38 minutes longer for AVR versus AVr cohorts. No difference in 30 day (P=0.418) or overall survival (P=0.572) between the AVr and AVR groups was seen. CONCLUSIONS AVr for addressing AI has a recurrence rate of 7.5% at 3 years. Success in downgrading AI is more likely with a smaller aortic root. No difference in survival was observed between AVr and AVR. BACKGROUND Coronary artery disease is common in lung transplant patients and has historically been viewed as a contraindication to the procedure. Although this mindset is changing, the effect of prior or peri-operative revascularization on lung transplant survival outcomes is not adequately established. METHODS We performed a single-center retrospective analysis of all single and double lung transplant patients from 2012-2018 (n=468). Patients were split into four groups 1) patients that received a pre-operative PCI (n=34), 2) patients that received coronary artery bypass grafting prior to transplantation (n=25), 3) patients that received concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting during transplantation (n=29), and 4) patients that had lung transplantation with no need for revascularization (n=380). Groups were compared for demographics, surgical procedure, and survival outcomes. RESULTS The no revascularization group was statistically younger than the rest (p=0.001). The lung allocation score trended towards being higher in the concomitant coronary artery byspass (p=0.03). All groups were predominantly diagnosed with IPF. The proportion of patients with COPD was greatest in the group not requiring revascularization (p=0.001). Patients with previous coronary artery bypass grafting were more likely to receive a single lung transplant than a double (21 vs 4, P=0.054). Length of stay, post-transplant survival, and postoperative adverse events were similar amongst all groups. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest preoperative or intraoperative revascularization does not negatively impact survival in lung transplant patients; lung recipients with coronary artery disease have comparable survival when adequately revascularized. BACKGROUND Optimal methods to assess resource utilization in congenital heart surgery remain unclear. We compared traditional cost-to-charge ratio methods with newer standardized cost methods which aim to more directly assess resources consumed. METHODS Clinical data from the STS Database were linked with resource use data from the Pediatric Health Information Systems Database (2010-2015). Standardized cost methods specific to the congenital heart surgery population were developed and compared to cost-to-charge ratio methods. Resource use in the overall population and variability across hospitals were described using hierarchical mixed effect models adjusting for case-mix. RESULTS Overall 43 hospitals (65,331 patients) were included. There were minimal population-level differences in the distribution of resource use as estimated by the two methods. At the hospital-level, there was less apparent variability in resource use across centers with the standardized cost vs. cost-to-charge ratio method, overall (coefficient of variation 20% vs. 25%) and across complexity (STAT) categories. When hospitals were categorized into tertiles by resource use, 33% changed classification depending on which resource use method was used (26% by one tertile and 7% by two tertiles). CONCLUSIONS In this first evaluation of standardized cost methodology in the congenital heart population, we found minimal differences vs. traditional methods at the population-level. At the hospital-level, the magnitude of variation in resource use was less with standardized cost methods and ∼1/3 of centers changed resource use categories depending on the methodology used. Because of these differences, care should be taken in future studies and benchmarking/reporting efforts in selecting optimal methodology.
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