Water-In-Glass: A Self-Supporting Inorganic Aqueous Electrolyte.

Aqueous rechargeable sodium-ion batteries (ARNIBs) are emerging as cost-effective and safe candidates for large-scale energy storage applications. However, their advancement has been constrained by the narrow electrochemical stability window (ESW) of conventional aqueous electrolytes (1.23 V).

Left bundle branch area pacing in patients with severe interventricular septal hypertrophy: A multicenter study assessing feasibility, safety, and outcomes of lumenless and stylet-driven leads.

Background: There has been limited success using left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) in patients with severe interventricular septal hypertrophy (IVSH).

Objective: This study assesses the feasibility, safety, and outcome of LBBAP in patients with severe IVSH.

Methods: 19 adult patients with severe IVSH who underwent LBBAP were enrolled.

OptiStack classifier: optimized stacking framework with ensemble feature engineering for enhanced cardiovascular risk prediction.

Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, highlighting the urgent need for accurate risk prediction to improve early intervention and management. Traditional models have difficulty capturing the complex interactions between risk factors, which limits their predictive power.

Objective: This paper proposes the OptiStack Classifier, an optimized stacking framework developed to enhance CVD risk prediction through ensemble feature engineering and machine learning techniques.

A MacGyvering way to left bundle branch area pacing: Using the modified V1/V6 leads connected to the pacing system analyzer.

Background: There is a significant impediment to the availability of a fully capable electrophysiology (EP) procedure room and EP recording system due to healthcare cost restraints in resource-poor settings.

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the feasibility and outcomes of using the conventional treadmill test machine 12-lead ECG system and modified V1 and V6 leads connected to the pacing system analyzer (PSA) to demonstrate conduction system capture during left bundle branch area pacing (LBBaP).

Methods: LBBaP was attempted by a single operator using the Medtronic 3830 lumenless leads and St.

Preoperative Malnutrition Increases Risk of In-Hospital Mortality, Major Infection, and Longer Intensive Care Unit Stay After Ventricular Septal Defect Closure.

Background: High energy requirements and poor feeding can lead to growth failure in patients with ventricular septal defect (VSD), but effects of preoperative malnutrition on surgical outcomes are poorly understood, especially in low-resource settings.

Methods And Results: We analyzed a cohort of children <5 years of age undergoing VSD closure at 60 global centers participating in the International Quality Improvement Collaborative for Congenital Heart Disease, 2015 to 2020. We calculated adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for in-hospital death and major infection and adjusted coefficients for duration of intensive care unit stay for 4 measures of malnutrition: severe wasting (weight-for-height score, <-3), moderate wasting (-3 View Article and Find Full Text PDF