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Consequences of ionizing radiation exposure to the cardiovascular system
Ionizing radiation is widely used in various industrial and medical applications, resulting in increased exposure for certain populations. Lessons...
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Left atrial strain after paroxysmal atrial fibrillation linac-based cardiac radioablation in elderly population
Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) may increase the risk of complication in aged patients. Stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation (STAR) is...
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Magnetic resonance imaging of the cerebellopontine angle: comparison between constructive interference steady-state and small field-of-view technique turbo spin echo sequences
BackgroundThe aim of this work was to optimize a three-dimensional (3D) turbo-spin-echo (TSE) sequence using a small field-of-view (FOV) technique...
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Clinical outcome of patients with rheumatic tricuspid valve disease: matched cohort study
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is still a major health problem, especially in low- to mid-income countries, leading premature deaths owing to valvular...
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Left atrial and ventricular longitudinal strain by cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking improves prognostic stratification of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
We aimed to investigate the predictive value of left atrium (LA) and left ventricle (LV) longitudinal strain derived by CMR-FT early after ST-segment...
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Applying chemical shift images (in-phase/opposed phased) for differentiating low-grade from high-grade glioma and comparison with magnetic resonance spectroscopy
BackgroundGrading gliomas is essential for treatment decisions and patient prognosis. In this study we evaluated the in-phase and out-of-phase...
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Preclinical evaluation of [18F]SYN1 and [18F]SYN2, novel radiotracers for PET myocardial perfusion imaging
BackgroundPositron emission tomography (PET) is now an established diagnostic method for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in coronary artery...
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Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular mechanics in individuals with mitral valve prolapse: a systematic review and meta-analysis
PurposeDuring the last decade, a number of echocardiographic studies have employed speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) for assessing myocardial...
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Atypical left-ventricular hypertrophy with apical aneurysm in leopard syndrome
Noonan Syndrome with Multiple Lentigines (NSML-formerly known as LEOPARD syndrome) is a rare autosomal dominant condition that usually exhibits...
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Mitral complex geometric changes aggravate mitral stenosis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Severe aortic valve stenosis (AS) often coexists with mitral valve stenosis (MS). MS aggravation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)...
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Role of imaging in third aortic valve implantation: TAV-in-TAV-in-SAV
Coronary obstruction remains a primary concern for redo transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) due to supra-annular leaflets. Hereby, we...
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Deep learning prediction of survival in patients with heart failure using chest radiographs
Heart failure (HF) is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The value of deep learning survival prediction models using chest...
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Ultrasensitive detection of uveal melanoma using [18F]AlF-NOTA-PRGD2 PET imaging
BackgroundUveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary intraocular tumor in adults, and early detection is critical to improve the clinical outcome...
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Training and assessing convolutional neural network performance in automatic vascular segmentation using Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/CT
To evaluate a convolutional neural network’s performance (nnU-Net) in the assessment of vascular contours, calcification and PET tracer activity...
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The LDL cumulative exposure hypothesis: evidence and practical applications
The trap** of LDL and other apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins within the artery wall causes atherosclerosis. As more LDL becomes trapped...
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Respective contribution of baseline clinical data, tumour metabolism and tumour blood-flow in predicting pCR after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in HER2 and Triple Negative breast cancer
Background :The aim of this study is to investigate the added value of combining tumour blood flow (BF) and metabolism parameters, including texture...
