Radiology
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Comparative Study
Congenital heart disease in adults and adolescents: comparative value of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography and MR imaging.
To compare the diagnostic value of transesophageal echocardiography and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with that of transthoracic echocardiography in the evaluation of congenital heart disease in adults and adolescents. ⋯ Transesophageal echocardiography and MR imaging are beneficial complementary imaging techniques in adults or adolescents with congenital heart disease.
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Comparative Study
Can clinical parameters help reliably predict the onset of acute intracranial hemorrhage in infants receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation?
To determine whether clinical parameters can be used to help predict the onset of acute intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in infants receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). ⋯ No clinical parameters helped adequately distinguish patients who developed ICH from those who did not.
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To evaluate the use of a small choledochoscope and laser lithotripsy in the treatment of complex biliary stone disease. ⋯ Use of a small choledochoscope and a coumarin green pulsed dye laser is safe and effective in the management of complex biliary stone disease.
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To evaluate if three-dimensional hydrogen-1 magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (3D MRSI) when combined with a clinical MR imaging examination could discriminate prostatic adenocarcinoma from normal prostatic zonal anatomy and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) on the basis of observable metabolite levels. ⋯ These results suggest that a 3D MRSI examination added to a clinical MR imaging examination may help define the presence and spatial extent of prostate cancer.
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A jugular Bird's Nest filter (Cook, Bloomington, Ind) was partially deployed in the suprarenal cava for prophylaxis to prevent pulmonary embolism in a young woman with phlegmasia cerulea dolens. It was effective in capturing large emboli during thrombolysis of a loose iliocaval thrombus. It was safely removed 6 1/2 hours later, after lysis of most retained filter clots.