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Background Renal dysfunction is related to the poor outcomes of cardiac surgery. Preoperative occult renal dysfunction (PORD) is defined as patients with normal serum creatinine (Scr) but the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) less than 60 ml/min/1.73m2. However, there is no report on prognosis of elderly PORD patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This problem deserves further exploration. Methods Totally 1103 patients undergoing CABG with normal Scr and age ≥ 70 years old were enrolled. The estimated GFR (eGFR) of each patient was monitored using the Berlin initiative study formula. The patients were divided by eGFR into PORD group and control group. Propensity score matching was used to adjust preoperative characteristics. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify risk factors for postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) and postoperative mortality. The Kaplan-Meier method was applied to estimate survival rates. A multivariate cox regression model was used to analyze the impacts of factors on long-term survival. Results Elderly patients with normal Scr had high PORD proportion (27.65%). The PORD group had significantly higher preoperative Cr (99.20 ± 12.74 vs. 71.57 ± 11.96), postoperative AKI rates (39.13% vs. 17.75%) and postoperative mortality (5.80% vs. 1.81%) compared with control group. PORD was a significant risk factor for postoperative mortality (OR = 11.648) and postoperative AKI (OR = 2.731). PORD was also a significant risk factor for long-term death after CABG (HR = 1.724). Conclusions PORD is a risk factor for postoperative AKI and short- and long-term death in elderly patients undergoing CABG. eGFR shall be used to assess preoperative renal function.

Background Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a recognized and available method for assessing renal functions. Owing to different design purposes and applicable objects, there are different eGFR equations in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to assess the predictive ability of different methods of eGFR for postoperative acute renal injury (AKI) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods Totally 2557 patients undergoing CABG were included. Their perioperative clinical data were collected retrospectively through the hospital information system. The predictive power of the Cockcroft-Gault equation (CG), the Berlin Initiative Study equation (BIS), the chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration equation (CKD-EPI), and the full age spectrum equation (FAS) was validated both in the total cohort and in the elderly (≥ 70 years) according to the applicability of each equation. The predictive power of these equations for postoperative AKI was assessed and compared using the receiver’s operating characteristic curve, the Bland-Altman plot, decision curve analysis, the net reclassification index (NRI) and integrated discrimination improvement (IDI). Results Totally 418 (16.35%) patients were diagnosed with post-operative AKI during the hospital stay, but this percentage reached 25.61% in the elderly population. The CG and CKD-EPI equations were suitable for predicting the occurrence of postoperative AKI in the total cohort, and the FAS equation performed the best (area under the curve = 0.757). The BIS, CKD-EPI, and FAS equations performed generally in the elderly population, but were more consistent and again approximately equal in terms of clinical benefit. NRI and IDI showed the FAS equation continued to perform the best in the total cohort. Conclusions The FAS equation can predict the occurrence of postoperative AKI after CABG both in the total cohort and in the elderly population. All of these equations have available predictive power in the elderly population. Clinical trial registration number: ChiCTR2200061191

A solution-fabricated Te/Si mixed-dimensional vdWH can function well as a high-performance broadband self-powered photodetector, achieving an ultrahigh responsivity of 6.49 A W−1 at 0 V.

Fei Gao,1,* Lingtong Shan,2,* Chong Wang,3,* Xiaoqi Meng,4 Jiapeng Chen,5 Lixiang Han,6 Yangyang Zhang,3 Zhi Li6 1Cardiovascular Department, Huaiyin Hospital of Huai’an City, Huai’an, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sheyang County People’s Hospital, Yancheng, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 4The Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 5Xinglin College, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Zhi LiDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, People’s Republic of ChinaTel +86 13770606815Email zhili_cths@163.comYangyang ZhangDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 241 Huaihai West Road, Shanghai, 200120, People’s Republic of ChinaTel +86 13818132320Email zhangyangyang_wy@vip.sina.comObjective: To evaluate the powers of European Heart Surgery Risk Assessment System II (EuroSCORE II) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) score in predicting in-hospital and medium-term mortality of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).Methods: Totally 1628 Chinese patients were included between January 2000 and January 2018. Their perioperative clinical data were collected and the patients were closely followed up. According to the length of follow-up time, the total cohort was divided into 1-year, 2-year, 3-year, 4-year and 5-year groups. The in-hospital and medium-term risk prediction of EuroSCORE II and STS score were comparatively assessed by calibration, discrimination, decision curve analysis (DCA), net reclassification index (NRI), integrated discrimination improvement (IDI) and Bland-Altman analysis.Results: About 36 (2.21%) patients died during hospitalization. Both EuroSCORE II and STS score performed extremely well in predicting in-hospital mortality (area under curve = 0.900 and 0.879, respectively). However, calibration and discrimination analyses showed gradual decrease when these two risk evaluation systems were used to predict mortality during the follow-up period. At the same time, the predictive ability of EuroSCORE II was better than STS score. DCA curves showed that the performances of the two evaluation systems were roughly equal between the threshold probability of 0% to 20%. The percentage of correct reclassification of EuroSCORE II was 21.64% higher than that of STS score in predicting 2-year postoperative mortality. The IDI index showed that the predictive capabilities of these two systems were roughly equivalent. Bland-Altman analysis showed no significant difference between the values of the two systems.Conclusion: EuroSCORE II and STS score have excellent predictive powers in predicting in-hospital mortality of patients undergoing CABG. In particular, EuroSCORE II is superior in calibration and discrimination. The prediction efficiency of the two risk evaluation systems is still acceptable for two-year postoperative mortality, but decreases year by year.Keywords: EuroSCORE II, STS score, coronary artery bypass grafting, in-hospital mortality, medium-term prognosis

Background Elderly patients undergoing cardiac operation often suffer various metabolic comorbidities, such as diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity. The metabolic disorders in these individuals are widely considered to be possible predisposing factors for unfavourable prognosis. This retrospective study was aimed to determine the association of metabolic diseases with the mortality of elderly patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and to identify the protective or risk factors related to their short- and long-term survival. Methods Totally 684 patients aged 75 years or above undergoing isolated CABG were evaluated retrospectively. There were two groups depending on the body mass index (BMI): an overweight and obesity group (n = 354) and a normal weight and lean group (n = 330). Propensity score matching (PSM) was performed to adjust baseline clinical characteristics, which reduced confounding bias. The short-term postoperative mortality was tested via logistic regression. Kaplan–Meier and Cox regression analyses were done to compute the overall survival in each group and to identify relevant variables associated with all-cause mortality, respectively. Results The prevalence rates of metabolic comorbidities in the total cohort were: diabetes mellitus (32.5%), overweight or obesity (51.8%) and hypertension (72.8%). The 30-day postoperative mortality was 5.1% and the long-term mortality was 15.25% at a median 46.2-month follow-up (1.0–178.6 months). The 30-day postoperative mortality was relevant to DM, diseased coronary arteries, New York Heart Association class, intra-aortic balloon pump and emergency surgery. The long-term mortality was negatively associated with overweight and obesity. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression recognized DM as an adverse factor related with 30-day postoperative mortality whether before or after PSM. The long-term mortality was not significantly relevant with DM (HR = 0.753, 95% CI 0.402–1.411). Overweight or obesity was not the risk factor of 30-day postoperative mortality (OR = 1.284, 95% CI 0.426–3.868), but was the protective factor of long-term survival (HR = 0.512, 95% CI 0.279–0.939). Conclusions The “obesity paradox” exists regarding the prognosis of individuals aged ≥ 75, which was presented as lower long-term mortality no matter from all cause or cardio-cerebrovascular cause in patients with BMI ≥ 24. Trial registration ChiCTR2200061869 (05/07/2022).

One-dimensional (1D)–two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdWs) mixed-dimensional heterostructures with advantages of an atomically sharp interface, high quality and good compatibility have attracted tremendous attention in recent years. Herein, a mixed-dimensional vertical heterostructure is constructed by transferring mechanically exfoliated 2D WS2 nanosheets on epitaxially grown 1D tellurium (Te) microwires. According to the theoretical type-II band alignment, the device exhibits a photovoltaic effect and serves as an excellent self-powered photodetector with a maximum open-circuit voltage (Voc) up to ∼0.2 V. Upon 635 nm light illumination, the photoresponsivity, external quantum efficiency and detectivity of the self-powered photodetector (SPPD) are calculated to be 471 mA W−1, 91% and 1.24 × 1012 Jones, respectively. Moreover, the dark current of the SPPD is highly suppressed to the sub-pA level due to the large lateral built-in electric field, which leads to a high Ilight/Idark ratio of 104 with a rise time of 25 ms and decay time of 14.7 ms. The abovementioned properties can be further enhanced under a negative bias of −2 V. In brief, the 1D Te–2D WS2 mixed-dimensional heterostructures have great application potential in high performance photodetectors and photovoltaics.

Based on the theoretical analysis and abundant experiments, a fiber combiner terminated with a quartz block head (QBH) with an output power of 3218 W and transmission efficiency higher than 98% is fabricated successfully by choosing a fiber with a larger core diameter of 600 μm and numerical aperture (NA) of 0.22 which matches the NA of the end cap as the output fiber of combiner. The proposed fiber combiner terminated with QBH can be used for fiber delivered direct beam combining of laser diodes with lower cost and higher wall-plug efficiency compared with fiber laser.

One-dimensional (1D)-two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdWs) mixed-dimensional heterostructures with advantages of an atomically sharp interface, high quality and good compatibility have attracted tremendous attention in recent years. Herein, a mixed-dimensional vertical heterostructure is constructed by transferring mechanically exfoliated 2D WS

Carrier mobility is one of most important figures of merit for materials that can determine to a large extent the corresponding device performances. So far, extensive efforts have been devoted to the mobility improvement of two-dimensional (2D) materials regarded as promising candidates to complement the conventional semiconductors. Graphene has amazing mobility but suffers from zero bandgap. Subsequently, 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides benefit from their sizable bandgap while the mobility is limited. Recently, the 2D elemental materials such as the representative black phosphorus can combine the high mobility with moderate bandgap; however the air-stability is a challenge. Here, we report air-stable tellurium flakes and wires using the facile and scalable physical vapour deposition (PVD) method. The prototype field-effect transistors were fabricated to exhibit high hole mobility up to 1485 cm 2 V −1 s −1 at room temperature and 3500 cm 2 V −1 s −1 at low temperature (2 K). This work can attract numerous attentions on this new emerging 2D tellurium and open up a new way for exploring high-performance optoelectronics based on the PVD-grown p-type tellurium.

International audience; The excitation function of the $^{238}$U($^{9}$Be, 5$n$) reaction was obtained for the first time. By using a stack of uranium targets, 20 experimental data were obtained by the on-line irradiation without changing beam energy. Taking the advantage of the long lifetime and α decay mode of the residue nucleus $^{242}$Cm, the off-line measurement of the α radioactive was performed to obtain its yields. The maximum cross section is about 1 mb. The curve's shape and the maximum's position agree with the present model. The value of the cross section will help us to develop the ralated models, and push the nuclear studies in the transuranium region.