Challenges Facing Women Healthcare Workers in Their Professional Growth
Despite actively striving to be promoted, women healthcare workers remain underrepresented in management and leadership roles. Women are underrepresented across the healthcare industry. This underrepresentation has been a trend for years, but it will not change without action. The industry is facing fierce competition, particularly from within the insurance sector.
Mechanical ventilation, prone positioning, and delivery in pregnant patients with severe COVID-19
In February, practitioners from the University of Maryland Department of Anesthesiology published a study on the care and outcomes of 17 pregnant COVID-19 patients who required mechanical ventilation. The full manuscript, written by Michael Wong, Shobana Bharadwaj, Allison Lankford, Jessica Galey, and Bhavani Kodali, is available on the Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia website.
Role of circulating Interleukin-7 (IL-7) and its inverse correlation with Pulmonary arterial hypertension
The team at the pediatric cardiology and critical care department at Hanover medical school in Germany, including Franziska Diekmann, Ekaterina Legchenko, Philippe Chouvarine, Ralf Lichtinghagen, Harald Bertram, Christoph M. Happel, and Georg Hansmann, recently published a study investigating the role of circulating Interleukin-7(IL-7) and its inverse correlation with the Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in humans. However, the exact mechanism of IL-7 on the severity of PAH is still unknown.
Pigmentation Affects Elastic Fiber Patterning and Biomechanical Behavior of the Murine Aortic Valve
Sana Nasim, Popular Pandey, Rosemerie M. Kanashiro-Takeuchi, Jin He, Joshua D. Hutcheson, and Lisi Kos recently published a paper looking at the relationship between aortic valve pigmentation and elasticity, building on their previously-published work. Their full manuscript is publicly available in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. Here, we summarize their findings.
Study Explores Size Ratio in Aortic Valve Leaflets and Root Using CT Imaging
This is a summary of the study conducted by Tianyang Yang, Haini Wen, Ismail El-Hamamsy, Qiming Ni, Yanbin Sun, and Dan Zhu available to read here entitled “Relationship Between Leaflets and Root in Normal Aortic Valve Based on Computed Tomography Imaging: Implication for Aortic Valve Repair” published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine in November 2021.
Using Deep Learning for Tricuspid Valve Segmentation in HLHS Patients
Christian Herz and colleagues recently published a research report on their novel, deep learning-based approach to tricuspid valve segmentation in pediatric patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Their full manuscript is publicly available on Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. Here, we summarize their findings.
