Pericardial computed tomography imaging findings in the setting of coccidioidomycosis
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 Background Pericardial disease can be a manifestation of infection and imaging can have a role in its diagnosis. coccidioidomycosis endemic fungal infection has been more frequently reported over the past few decades.
Mohammad H. Madani +3 more
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Brief images : massive pericardial effusion [PDF]
, 2014 Significant pericardial effusions are an uncommon but very important disorder in childhood. Referring to one of the patients, cross-sectional imaging demonstrated a massive pericardial effusion. The underlying etiology here was connective tissue disease
Chang, Simone, Maharaj, Satish
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Computed tomography values of pericardial effusion may predict chylopericardium: a case report
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023 Background Idiopathic chylopericardium is a rare disease characterized by filling of the pericardial cavity with chylous fluid and has no evident cause. Secondary chylopericardium usually results from injury or damage to the thoracic duct.
Marohito Nakata +2 more
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Cardiac tamponade as first manifestation of primary hypothyroidism
Journal of Marine Medical Society, 2022 Pericardial effusion is commonly present in patients with moderate-to-severe hypothyroidism. However, large pericardial effusion causing cardiac tamponade (CT) is extremely rare.
Vikram Singh Shekhawat +2 more
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Bacterial Infection Elicits Heat Shock Protein 72 Release from Pleural Mesothelial Cells [PDF]
, 2013 Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) has been implicated in infection-related processes and has been found in body fluids during infection. This study aimed to determine whether pleural mesothelial cells release HSP70 in response to bacterial infection in vitro
Bielsa, S +8 more
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Endocrine Regulations, 2016 Objective. While non-symptomatic pericardial effusion is seen in primary hypothyroidism, massive pericardial effusion is a very rare finding. In the literature, newly diagnosed primary hypothyroidism cases presenting with massive pericardial effusion or ...
Ates I, Kaplan M, Yilmaz N
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Prognostic Value of the Persistence or Change in Pericardial Effusion Status on Serial Echocardiograms in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Pericardial effusion in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an indicator of right heart failure and a marker of poor prognosis; its significance on serial transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) is not clear.
Dardari, Zeina A.
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Building Disease Detection Algorithms with Very Small Numbers of Positive Samples
, 2018 Although deep learning can provide promising results in medical image analysis, the lack of very large annotated datasets confines its full potential.
DJ Penny +5 more
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Cats with thermal burn injuries from California wildfires show echocardiographic evidence of myocardial thickening and intracardiac thrombi. [PDF]
, 2020 Recent increases in the prevalence and severity of wildfires in some regions have resulted in an increased frequency of veterinary burn patients. Few studies exist regarding diagnostics and management of burn wounds in veterinary patients and current ...
Epstein, Steven E +4 more
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A Case Report of Systemic Sclerosis Complicated by Biventricular Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension and Review of Literature [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder whose aetiology is not fully understood. Skin fibrosis and visceral organs involvement are the hallmarks, and the heart could be disproportionately or subtly involved ...
Akinboro AO +3 more
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