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Only half of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with elevated stroke risk receive anticoagulation (AC). Electronic health record (EHR) alerts have the potential to close the gap. We designed an outpatient EHR alert (linked to an order set for ordering AC, labs, and specialty referrals) that fired when cardiology and primary care providers (PCPs) saw AF patients not on AC. We assigned all untreated patients seen by cardiology providers and PCPs in the 8 months before and after the alert launch to pre- and post-launch intervention cohorts, respectively. Untreated AF patients seeing other types of providers became controls. We then compared the difference in AC starts between intervention and control patients post-launch to the same difference prelaunch (adjusting for covariates). We measured alert responsiveness as how often patients had at least one encounter with a provider, who interacted with the alert. The adjusted percentage of AC starts for the prelaunch cohort was 20% for intervention patients and 17% for controls (difference = 3%); post-launch, the percentage was 13% for both post-launch intervention and controls (difference = 0%). The difference in difference was - 3% (p value 0.63). For half of patients, at least one provider was responsive to our alert. Reasons for no AC commonly included relative contraindications (e.g. fall, gastrointestinal bleed). Our alert did not increase AC starts but responsiveness to it was high. Increasing AC starts will likely require education surrounding relative contraindications.Plaque erosion (PE) is a major underlying mechanism of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Patients with PE may have less systemic atherosclerosis. We aimed to clarify the status of carotid atherosclerosis in patients with PE. A total of 115 consecutive patients with ACS who underwent optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging of the culprit lesion were enrolled. Patients were classified into PE (n = 26), plaque rupture (n = 56) or calcified plaque (CP, n = 33) based on OCT findings of the culprit lesions. The status of carotid atherosclerosis was assessed by the findings of carotid echography. The mean IMT was the lowest in the PE group (1.5 ± 0.6 mm) among the three groups (p = 0.004) with a significant difference between the PE group and the CP group (2.1 ± 0.6 mm, p  less then  0.001). The plaque score was the lowest in the PE group (6.6 ± 2.5) among the three groups (p = 0.004) with a significant difference between the PE group and the CP group (9.0 ± 2.7, p  less then  0.001). Multivariate analyses demonstrated that the PE was independently associated with the presence of lower mean IMT (below median; 1.85 mm) (odds ratio 3.34; 95 % confidence interval 1.07-10.4; p = 0.035) and the lack of heterogenous plaque (odds ratio 2.92; 95 % confidence interval 1.02-8.32; p = 0.037). Patients with PE were associated with less atherosclerosis in the carotid artery than other patients with ACS. These findings may help further clarify the distinct pathophysiology of PE. Carotid atherosclerosis and plaque erosion.Studies of positional behavior, gait, and habitat use are important for understanding how animals adapt to the challenges of their environment. In turn, this information is useful for advancing research on primate morphology, life history, and ecology. Data on eco-mechanical variables can be used to develop concrete conservation and management plans for understudied and threatened primate groups. The present study explores the positional behavior, gaits, and habitat use of male and female adult golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana), an endemic, endangered, and highly dimorphic species of central China. Using focal animal sampling and opportunistic videorecording in the Guanyinshan National Nature Reserve on the southern slopes of the Qinling Mountains, it was determined that gait parameters were largely the same between sexes. TGF-beta inhibitor By contrast, habitat use and, to a lesser extent, positional behavior varied significantly between males and females. In general, males were more terrestrial than females. When they moved arboreally, males also used a greater proportion of horizontal and large substrates compared to females. Furthermore, males used more standing postures, forelimb suspensory positional behaviors, and quadrupedal walking. These data suggest that, when faced with the mechanical challenges of large body size, primates such as R. roxellana are more likely to respond by altering habitat use rather than positional behaviors or intrinsic kinematics and timing.
To observe and describe the anterior segment optical coherence tomography features of limbally localised non-malignant epithelial mass lesions METHODS Thirteen patients (age 66.9 ± 16.3 years) with conjunctival mass suggesting ocular surface squamous neoplasia with biomicroscopic examination were imaged using anterior segment ocular coherence tomography (anterior segment optical coherence tomography)/Cirrus HD-OCT, Model 4000, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Dublin, CA, and Spectralis HRA + OCT system, Heidelberg Engineering, Vista, CA/. Cases with ocular surface squamous neoplasia-like anterior segment optical coherence tomography (hyperreflective, thickened epithelium and an abrupt transition from normal to abnormal) were included in the study. Maximal thickness of the epithelium was measured. Histological diagnosis was gained from an excisional or incisional biopsy or impression cytology specimens.

In six patients (age 68.5 ± 15.4 years) with ocular surface squamous neoplasia-like anterior segment optical coherence tomography features, the histological diagnosis was other than ocular surface squamous neoplasia (papilloma, parakeratosis and a keratotic plaque with mild dysplasia), and ocular surface squamous neoplasia in seven cases (age 65.6 ± 18.0 years). The maximal epithelial thickness was between 250 and 859 µm in non-ocular surface squamous neoplasia cases and between 252 and 596 µm in ocular surface squamous neoplasia cases.

Non-malignant epithelial lesions can mimic ocular surface squamous neoplasia on anterior segment optical coherence tomography.
Non-malignant epithelial lesions can mimic ocular surface squamous neoplasia on anterior segment optical coherence tomography.
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