Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: April 4

By Chantell Canfield • April 5, 2022

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The research roundup provides an overview of the past week’s research from Mayo Clinic Laboratories consultants, including featured abstracts and a complete list of published studies and reviews.

Featured Abstract

Utility of Follow-up COVID-19 Antigen Tests After Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Healthcare Personnel.

We report the utility of rapid antigen tests (RAgT) in a cohort of US healthcare personnel with COVID-19 infection who met symptom criteria to return to work at day 5 or later of isolation. 11.9% of initial RAgT were negative. RAgT can be helpful to guide return to work decisions.

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Published to PubMed This Week

• Atrial shunt device for heart failure with preserved and mildly reduced ejection fraction (REDUCE LAP-HF II): a randomised, multicentre, blinded, sham-controlled trial.
  Lancet
• Rio de Janeiro Global Consensus on Landmarks, Definitions and Classifications in Barrett's Esophagus: World Endoscopy Organization Delphi Study.
  Gastroenterology
• Understanding T-cell responses to COVID-19 is essential for informing public health strategies.
  Science Immunology
• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant-Membranous Nephropathy is Associated with Protocadherin FAT1.
  Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
• Implementation of preemptive DNA sequence-based pharmacogenomics testing across a large academic medical center: The Mayo-Baylor RIGHT 10K Study.
  Genetics in Medicine
• Interpretation of Dihydrorhodamine-1,2,3 Flow Cytometry in Chronic Granulomatous Disease: an Atypical Exemplar.
  Journal of Clinical Immunology
• COVID-19-associated cardiac pathology at post-mortem evaluation: A Collaborative systematic Review.
  Clinical of Microbiology and Infection
• Updating Normal Organ Weights Using a Large Current Sample Database.
  Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
• Sex disparities in management and outcomes of cardiac arrest complicating acute myocardial infarction in the United States.
  Resuscitation
• Type 1, Type 2 myocardial infarction and non-ischemic myocardial injury-opinion from the front lines.
  American Journal of Medicine

Chantell Canfield

Chantell Canfield is a web content coordinator for Mayo Clinic Laboratories. She began working for Mayo Clinic in 2021.