African Americans face higher risk of dialysis graft failure: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli27 Feb 2023 8:00 PM ISTUSA: African American race, compared to all other races, is associated with premature arteriovenous (AV) graft failure in treating advanced kidney...
Pre-operative CT evaluation essential for planning proper pedicle screw placement in AIS patients Dr. Shravani Dali25 Feb 2023 10:45 AM ISTPre-operative CT evaluation is essential for planning proper pedicle screw placement in AIS patients suggests a new study published in the BMC...
O-RADS MRI has high diagnostic performance for characterizing adnexal lesions: Study Medha Baranwal23 Feb 2023 8:00 PM ISTSwitzerland: The subsequent use of the O-RADS (Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System) MRI lexicon to characterize pelvic MRI findings for...
Is repeated use of MRI contrast agents containing gadolinium safe? Study shed light Medha Baranwal22 Feb 2023 8:00 PM ISTUSA: A recent study published in Scientific Reports has raised questions about the safety of contrast agents containing gadolinium, used in around 50%...
Gallium-68 pentixa PET-CT promising noninvasive subtyping method for patients with primary aldosteronism Jacinthlyn Sylvia21 Feb 2023 8:30 AM ISTA new study by Jinbo Hu and team showed that Gallium-68 pentixa for positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) has high diagnostic...
Quantitative CT shows prospect in high risk COPD identification: Lancet Jacinthlyn Sylvia20 Feb 2023 8:00 PM ISTIt is possible to identify chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients who are at a high probability of severe exacerbations using CT-based...
Photon-counting CT as good as MRI for evaluating hepatic steatosis Medha Baranwal19 Feb 2023 8:00 PM ISTUSA: For the assessment of hepatic steatosis in obese patients, photon-counting CT (PCCT) performs just as well as MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), a...
MRI can be performed safely in patients with selected implantable cardiac devices Jacinthlyn Sylvia18 Feb 2023 10:15 AM ISTNon-MRI conditional implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are able to appropriately detect and treat tachyarrhythmias after MRI, and no...
A disturbing discovery about commonly used contrast agent in MRI scans Isra Zaman18 Feb 2023 9:45 AM ISTIn a new study published in Scientific Reports, a team led by Brent Wagner, MD, MS, associate professor in the UNM Department of Internal Medicine,...
Breast-conserving surgery with or without irradiation does not impact overall survival in early breast cancer: NEJM Medha Baranwal18 Feb 2023 9:00 AM ISTUK: In older women with early breast cancer, radiotherapy omission has no adverse effect on distant recurrence as the first event or overall survival,...
Arterioportal fistula with hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm: A rare complication Dr. Nandita Mohan17 Feb 2023 9:00 AM ISTHepatic arterial injury can be seen in approximately 1.3-8% of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage manifesting as active extravasation,...
Chest CT reveals lung abnormalities in COVID-19 patients as late as two years Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli15 Feb 2023 8:00 PM ISTChina: Persistent lung abnormalities were seen on chest CT in patients two years after COVID-19, linked with decreased diffusion pulmonary function...
