Blunt aortic injury (BAI) after chest trauma is a potentially lethal condition that requires rapid diagnosis for appropriate treatment. We compared CT with IV contrast (CTI) with CT with angiography (CTA) during the initial phase of care at an urban Level I trauma center from January 1, 2010...
create a sense of an environment and atmosphere that you just want to be a part of. And if it has enough contrast, so where it’s not always dark, bleak and depressing all the time, but has little sublime moments or moments of hope, it kind of reminds us what we’re fighting ...
Twenty days later, upon hospitalization and performing head MRI and chest CT, it became evident that the patient has also had a clavicular as well as several rib fractures on the right side. He underwent surgical repair of his clavicle. While recovering two days later, in his bed, he ...
Abdominal CT with IV contrast showed a large hiatal hernia containing the entire stomach and part of the duodenum with an abrupt transition zone at the duodenum. The patient underwent laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair, posterior cruroplasty, and anterior gastropexy. Postoperatively, the patient ...
In the past, high levels of EGFR were reported as a poor prognostic factor for overall survival (OS) in resectable gastric cancer patients who did not receive chemotherapy (Garcia et al, 2003; Galizia et al, 2007). In contrast, high levels of EGFR were reported as a positive prognostic ...
In each patient an electrocardiogram and a chest radiogram should be obtained in each patient, while further investigations including echocardiography, brain CT scan, abdominal ultrasonography, thoracic and abdominal CT scan and vascular ultrasound should be performed according to the clinical presentation....
Litmanovich D, Zamboni GA, Hauser TH et al. ECG-gated chest CT an- giography with 64-MDCT and tri-phasic iv contrast administration regi- men in patients with acute non-specific chest pain. European radiology 2008; 18: 308 - 317
Gated 64-MDCT angiography with triphasic IV contrast is a robust multipurpose technique for patients with acute non-specific chest pain.Springer-VerlagEuropean RadiologyLitmanovitch D, Zamboni GA, Hauser TH et al (2008) ECG-gated chest CT angiography with 64-MDCT and tri-phasic IV contrast ...
A chest contrast CT and PET scan revealed a 2.15 cm mediastinal mass, suggesting left paratracheal lymphadenopathy with evidence of papillary cancer recurrence. The patient subsequently underwent a left robotic resection of paratracheal mediastinal mass, with a pathology report of the specimen confirming...
Abdominal CT with IV contrast showed a large hiatal hernia containing the entire stomach and part of the duodenum with an abrupt transition zone at the duodenum. The patient underwent laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair, posterior cruroplasty, and anterior gastropexy. Postoperatively, the patient ...