Case report: Resection of a giant right ventricular myxoma [PDF]
Frontiers in Surgery, 2023 Myxoma constitutes the main subtype of all benign cardiac tumors, tending to be more common in women and occurring mostly in the left and right atria.
Jin Rao +7 more
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Desmosomal Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: The Story Telling of a Genetically Determined Heart Muscle Disease [PDF]
Biomedicines, 2023 The history of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (AC) as a genetically determined desmosomal disease started since the original discovery by Lancisi in a four-generation family, published in 1728.
Gaetano Thiene +3 more
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Risk Factors Influencing Right and Left Ventricular Variables Assessed with Gated Cadmium–Zinc–Telluride Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography in Oncology Patients [PDF]
DiagnosticsBackground: Left ventricular ejection fraction remains the primary focus in cardiac monitoring for oncology patients undergoing potentially cardiotoxic chemotherapy, while right ventricular function is seldom examined.
Olav Monsson +4 more
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Evaluation of the reduction of radiation dose received by pediatric patients in new-generation biplane angiocardiography: Randomized controlled study [PDF]
HeliyonObjective: We aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of radiation dose reduction with a new-generation biplane angiocardiography system in patients undergoing transcatheter isolated patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure.
Osman Başpınar +4 more
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Innovative procedure for measuring left ventricular ejection fraction from 18F-FDG first-pass ultra-sensitive digital PET/CT images: evaluation with an anthropomorphic heart phantom [PDF]
EJNMMI Physics, 2021 Background Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is usually measured by cine-cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), planar and single-photon emission-computerized tomography (SPECT) equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography (ERNA), and ...
Emilie Verrecchia-Ramos +3 more
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Hepatic and Pulmonary Vasoactive Response Triggered by Potentially Hazardous Chemicals After Passing Through the Gut Mucosa [PDF]
DiagnosticsBackground/Objectives: In a previous study, we observed significantly prolonged hepatic and pulmonary first-pass transit times (TTs) for 99mTc-pertechnetate absorbed through the colorectal mucosa during per-rectal portal scintigraphy (PRPS).
Mircea Dragoteanu +4 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 This study aimed to evaluate the effects of fogging on the effectiveness of a lead glass shield in protecting an operator from radiation exposure during conventional coronary angiography (CAG).
Hsin-Hon Lin +4 more
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Catheters in vascular interventional radiology: an illustrated review
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, 2023 The past five decades have seen significant developments in the knowledge and practice of interventional radiology. Advancements in angiographic equipment have made interventional radiology a safe, minimally invasive preferred option in the treatment of ...
Vineeta Ojha +4 more
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International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2021 Background: Stenosis of the total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC), in particular the pulmonary arteries, is common in children with single ventricle physiology.
Femke van der Stelt +3 more
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REFERRAL PATTERN AND FINDINGS FOLLOWING PLANAR EQUILIBRIUM RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL [PDF]
Kanem Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019 Background: Introduction: Planar Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography (ERNA) is a non-invasive, reproducible and non-operator dependent Nuclear Medicine gamma camera-based technique of assessing cardiac function.
Yunusa GH, More SS
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