Upright area-detector CT is equal to or better than supine ADCT in detecting the loss in lung function and assessing the severity of PPF.
Nationally, there has been a rise in the number of children and adolescents with congenital and acquired heart disease ...
This study aimed to investigate the reasons for the misdiagnosis of a case of atrial septal defect (ASD) complicated by partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) to improve clinical ...
ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI)–guided echocardiography was shown to accurately predict mortality in patients with pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure, offering a potential new tool for risk ...
A prospective validation study found that age-adjusted D-dimer thresholds can safely rule out lower extremity DVT for more people with low to intermediate suspicion in the first place. The ...
Dr. Miranda Theodore (Medicine): A 28-year-old woman was transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) of this hospital because of progressive respiratory failure. The patient had been in her usual ...
Pediatric intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) occurs in a heterogeneous patient population but is unified by its cellular composition in affected pulmonary veins. Enhanced delineation of the ...
Following cryoballoon ablation, 20%–30% of the patients show recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF) in long-term follow-up as a consequence of incomplete circumferential ablation lines. Patient selection ...
A new molecular imaging technique -- 18F-FAPI PET -- can detect the first signs of tissue remodeling in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), providing physicians with an early marker ...
Modern tools for fluid management in patients on dialysis, including lung ultrasound and echocardiography, can help achieve euvolemia and lower morbidity and mortality. “Fluid overload contributes to ...