Additional benefit of 18F-fluor ...
tomography (FDG PET) has been shown to improve the accuracy of staging in oesophageal cancer. We assessed the benefit of PET/CT over conventional st ...
Prognostic impact of T2-weighte ...
Objectives Using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) we tested the diagnostic value of various markers for amyloid infiltration. Methods We pe ...
Umbilical venous catheter posit ...
Objective Umbilical venous catheter (UVC) insertion is frequently performed in critically ill neonates, with catheter position evaluated by an abdom ...
Dual energy bone subtraction in ...
Objectives To assess the feasibility of dual energy (DE)- CTA images with DE-bone removal (DEBR) for visualization of extra- to intracranial (EC/IC) ...
Obese patients in an open MRI a ...
Objective To investigate the performance of an open MRI system at its conceptual limits by examining excessively obese patients who otherwise could ...
Prostatic arterial supply: demo ...
Objectives To evaluate the prostatic arterial supply with multidetector Angio CT and Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA). Methods DSA was perform ...
The relationship between lung f ...
Objectives To determine the relationship between lung function impairment and quantitative computed tomography (CT) measurements of air trapping and ...
Assessing response in bone meta ...
Objectives To determine whether changes in ADC of bone metastases secondary to prostate carcinoma are significantly different in responders compared ...
Clinical analysis of thoracic o ...
The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics of thoracic ossified ligamentum flavum (OLF) and to elucidate prognostic factors a ...
Off-pump multi-vessel revascula ...
Background: The subset of patients that benefit most from off-pump CABG remains controversial. This study randomly compared off- with on-pump CABG ...
Implementation of single incisi ...
Background: Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is rapidly gaining popularity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the implementation of s ...
Blood stain pattern analysis
Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) refers to the collection, categorization and interpretation of the shape and distribution of bloodstains connected ...
Oripavine as a new marker of op ...
During our extensive surveillance of opiates in urine specimens of opium users, we noticed the appearance of an unknown peak (compound X) in total i ...
Neurohumoral and infl ammatory ...
Purpose. Implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is an established treatment for end-stage heart failure. Right ventricular dysfunct ...
Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma ...
We report a case of dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma of the chest wall. After resection, the chest wall defect was reconstructed using polypropylene ...
Extrapulmonary hamartoma
We describe a rare case of extrapulmonary hamartoma. A 65-year-old man underwent videoassisted thoracic surgery to obtain a histological diagnosis ...
Acute renal failure in the elde ...
Despite advances in the management of critically ill patients and technological advances in renal replacement therapy (RRT), acute renal failure (AR ...
Alterations in the lenticular p ...
Background Accumulating evidence suggests that oxidative stress underlies age-related formation of cataract, and that antioxidants retard cataractog ...
Decreased retinal nerve fiber l ...
Background To compare parameters for retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness, optic nerve head (ONH) measurements, and macular thickness in patie ...
Repeat midurethral sling treatm ...
We reviewed articles in the PubMed database which describe the results and outcome of a repeat midurethral synthetic sling (MUS), known as tension-f ...
Evaluation of immediate laparos ...
The purpose of this study was to obtain information to aid in deciding the timing of immediate laparoscopic surgery for gynecological disorders. We ...
Pharmacokinetics of intravenous ...
The aim of this phase I, dose-escalating study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, electrocardiographic effect and safety of amiodarone after a si ...
Leptin, leptin gene and leptin ...
Heart failure with a normal ejection fraction (HFNEF) is common in obesity and coronary artery disease (CAD). Both ischemia and reperfusion induce l ...
A case of giant cell arteritis ...
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the medium and large blood vessels. The early symptoms of this disease are nonspecif ...
A slightly elevated level of N- ...
The prognostic and diagnostic values of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) in ischemic heart disease have already been investigat ...