Ultrasound renal denervation is effective for BP control across hypertension of varying severities: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 March 2023 9:45 AM ISTUSA: Ultrasound renal denervation (uRDN) reduces blood pressure compared with a sham procedure, a recent study has shown. The study appeared in JAMA...
Prostate artery embolization effective long-term treatment for enlarged prostate Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli1 March 2023 8:00 PM ISTResearchers have found in a new study that Prostate artery embolization (PAE) provides long-term effectiveness in treating urinary symptoms from an...
New method for image reconstruction in electrical impedance tomography Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 Feb 2023 8:00 PM ISTRecently, a team led by Prof. DU Jiangfeng from the Key Laboratory of Microscale Magnetic Resonance of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a...
Non-invasive focused ultrasound treatment significantly reduces symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease: NEJM Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 Feb 2023 9:45 AM ISTUSA: A minimally invasive procedure, unilateral pallidal ultrasound ablation, achieved a significant improvement in mobility, tremors and other...
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...
