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    Four-dimensional computed tomography is useful for detection of apical sparing of cardiac amyloidosis

    A 73-year-old male was admitted because of recurrent syncope. He was diagnosed with transient bradycardia caused by a 2:1 atrioventricular block, and he underwent cardiac computed tomography (CT) using 320 det...

    Makiko Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Takaoka, Joji Ota in The International Journal of Cardiovascula… (2024)

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    A new composite indicator consisting of left ventricular extracellular volume, N-terminal fragment of B-type natriuretic peptide, and left ventricular end-diastolic volume is useful for predicting reverse remodeling after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

    Recently, myocardial extracellular volume (ECV) analysis has been measurable on computed tomography (CT) using new software. We evaluated the use of cardiac CT to estimate the myocardial ECV of left ventricula...

    Yusei Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Takaoka, Tomonori Kanaeda, Haruhiro Takahira in Heart and Vessels (2023)

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    Strontium-89 chloride delivery for painful bone metastases in patients with a history of prior irradiation

    Re-irradiation of a previously irradiated site must be done with careful consideration to minimize dose to organs at risk.

    Anneyuko I. Saito, Tatsuya Inoue in Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) (2023)

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    Evaluation of extracellular volume by computed tomography is useful for prediction of prognosis in dilated cardiomyopathy

    Cardiac computed tomography (CT) is useful for the screening of coronary artery stenosis, and extracellular volume fraction (ECV) analysis by CT using new dedicated software is now available. Here, we evaluate...

    Satomi Yashima, Hiroyuki Takaoka, Togo Iwahana, Yusei Nishikawa in Heart and Vessels (2023)

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    Efficacy of EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis in combination with EUS-guided celiac ganglia neurolysis for pancreatic cancer-associated pain: a multicenter prospective trial

    This study evaluated the efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided celiac plexus neurolysis (EUS-CPN) in combination with EUS-guided celiac ganglia neurolysis (EUS-CGN) for pancreatic cancer-associated pain.

    Ken Kamata, Makiko Kinoshita in International Journal of Clinical Oncology (2022)

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    Development of an assessment sheet for fall prediction in stroke inpatients in convalescent rehabilitation wards in Japan

    We conducted a study to develop an assessment sheet for fall prediction in stroke inpatients that is handy and reliable to help ward staff to devise a fall prevention strategy for each inpatient immediately up...

    Youichi Nakagawa, Katsuhiko Sannomiya in Environmental Health and Preventive Medici… (2008)

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    Studies on the Relationship of Vitamin A Deficiency to the Antibody Response to Tetanus Toxoid in the Rat

    Morbidity and mortality due to tetanus constitute a very significant public health problem in much of the develo** world. Although vaccination with tetanus toxoid has significantly reduced the incidence of t...

    A. Catharine Ross, Makiko Kinoshita, Deepa Arora in Botulinum and Tetanus Neurotoxins (1993)