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Open AccessMacrophage activation syndrome in a patient with adult-onset Still’s disease following first COVID-19 vaccination with BNT162b2
Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is an autoinflammatory multi-systemic syndrome. Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a potentially life-threatening complication of AOSD with a mortality rate of 10–20%. E...
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Open AccessPoint-of-care lung ultrasound in COVID-19 patients: inter- and intra-observer agreement in a prospective observational study
With an urgent need for bedside imaging of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), this study’s main goal was to assess inter- and intraobserver agreement in lung ultrasound (LUS) of COVID-19 patients. In this si...
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Open AccessMeasuring myocardial extracellular volume of the right ventricle in patients with congenital heart disease
The right ventricle´s (RV) characteristics—thin walls and trabeculation—make it challenging to evaluate extracellular volume (ECV). We aimed to assess the feasibility of RV ECV measurements in congenital heart...
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Cardiac T1 map** in congenital heart disease: bolus vs. infusion protocols for measurements of myocardial extracellular volume fraction
Myocardial extracellular volume fraction (ECV) reflecting diffuse myocardial fibrosis can be measured with T1 map** cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) before and after the application of a gadolinium-ba...
