Cardiac (forcalciumscoring): 3 mSv, equal to about 1 year of background radiation Sometimes, you need a separate CT scan with an added substance called “contrast.” This helps some parts of your body show up more clearly on the images. You might need to drink it as a liquid or get ...
A CT cardiac calcium scoring test, also known as a calcium scan, can be suitable for people between the ages of 40 and 70 who have an increased heart disease risk but are not showing any symptoms. At the end of a calcium scan, patients are given a calcium score. But what is cardiac...
Research is being done today with prin- ting skin and bone as well as cardiac, lung, liver, and neural tissue, and within a few deca- des, the printing of full bio-compatible organs may be possible.85 As of May 2020, 13 pa- tients worldwide have been implanted with the world's ...
Pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) is a challenging procedure which is associated with high morbidity rates. This study was performed to make an overview of risk f
The pace of exome and genome sequencing is accelerating, with the identification of many new disease-causing mutations in research settings, and it is likely that whole exome or genome sequencing could have a major impact in the clinical arena in the rel
The last decade has evidenced a dramatic increase in the development and utilization of pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures in an effort to improve pediatric patient health and well-being and determine the value of healthcare servic
Cardiac arrest, Ward 2.’ As an adult I have had two recurring dreams. I regularly dream that I can fly. It seems so easy; you simply think yourself into the air and soar over the landscape wondering why on earth you have never exploited this fantastic talent before. The other one ...
(510 deaths). The CAC was an independent predictor of mortality in a multivariable model controlling for age, gender, ethnicity, and cardiac risk factors (model chi-square = 2,017, p < 0.0001). The addition of CAC to traditional risk factors increased the concordance index significantly (0.61...
The last decade has evidenced a dramatic increase in the development and utilization of pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures in an effort to improve pediatric patient health and well-being and determine the value of healthcare servic
In patients with AF, cardiac imaging in terms of transesophageal echocardiography, multidetector row CT, and MRI are used for the characterization of LA morphology, as well as for identification of the underlying structural heart disease that predisposes LA to adverse remodeling. The image quality of...