A woman in her 40s presented with progressive cognitive decline, expressive language difficulty and episodic confusion. Her initial symptoms were misattributed to psychiatric illness, and later to ...
The radiation effective dose varied across diagnostic modalities, reaching a median 1.2 mSv for cardiac CT for coronary artery calcium scoring (CACS), 2.0 mSv for positron emission tomography, 6.5 mSv ...
The Brown University campus is full once again after a winter break that started on a tragic note. "It doesn't quite feel normal, but definitely it does feel like home,” said Sam Marcus, a sophomore ...
Katie Palmer covers telehealth, clinical artificial intelligence, and the health data economy — with an emphasis on the impacts of digital health care for patients, providers, and businesses. You can ...
Statin therapy remains a cornerstone for primary and secondary prevention of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs), but prescribing based on patient phenotype identified through imaging may boost its ...
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A 74-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 1-day history of severe chest and back pain. He has a history of hypertension and has run out of medication. He has no history of similar ...
MADRID, Spain—Routine use of CT angiography after PCI for left main coronary artery disease does not lower the risk of major adverse cardiac events, results of the PULSE trial show. There was a signal ...
Background: Atherosclerosis of carotid artery is associated with cerebrovascular and cardiovascular event. However, few studies have compared atherosclerosis of carotid artery with coronary CT ...
Pulmonary embolism (PE) causes a wide range of clinical presentations. While computed tomography (CT) angiogram remains the primary diagnostic tool, consensus guidelines urge incorporating biomarkers ...
About The Study: Results of this cohort study reveal that compared with cardiovascular risk scoring, coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography was associated with modest improvements in healthier ...
CT perfusion and angiography failed to meet sensitivity and specificity thresholds to determine brain death. Neither should be used as standalone tests to establish death by neurologic criteria, the ...