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Flattened photon beams, an obsolete feature in modern linear accelerators [PDF]
Background: With the advent of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) and recently, Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT), treatment planning using Flattening Filter Free (FFF) beams can meet all of the energy requirements in radiation therapy clinics.
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Unraveling the role of ectopic thymic tissue in patients undergoing thymectomy for myasthenia gravis [PDF]
Extended thymectomy has been considered the goal of surgery for myasthenia gravis (MG) mainly due to the existence of ectopic thymic tissue. Recently, ectopic thymic tissue has attracted increasing attention in patients with MG following thymectomy ...
Bauer, Gero+9 more
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Abstract Patients requiring temporal or permanent catheter or arterio‐venous fistula (AVF) for haemodialysis may be in challenging situation, if they are cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIED) carriers. Materials and Methods The authors analysed preoperative venogrphies of 3100 patients referred for transvenous lead extraction for a ...
Marek Czajkowski+6 more
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A rare cause of myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries-case report of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction caused by a mediastinal mass [PDF]
© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org ...
Anwar, Majid+2 more
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Embryonal carcinoma of the anterior mediastinum. [PDF]
A, Chest radiograph shows large, lobulated mediastinal mass with pleural effusion and air space disease on right B, CT scan with IV contrast medium shows large, heterogeneous anterior mediastinal mass encasing and displacing great vessels and compressing right main bronchus (arrow). C, Photomicrograph shows highly atypical cells with moderate amount of
Felix S. Chew, Maan El-Khatib
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Evaluation of 95 cases with Mediastinal tumors [PDF]
Introduction: Mediastinum contains different vital structures that are located in the anterior and middle or posterior compartments. Various types of mediastinal masses or tumors can be seen in the mediastinum.
Reza Bagheri+5 more
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Thymoma is the most common neoplasm of the anterior mediastinum and has malignant potential. Germ cell tumors (GCTs) found in the anterior mediastinum are usually benign, and malignant GCTs, such as seminomas, are rare.
Hyang-im Lee+7 more
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A population with a high cardiovascular disease burden was found to have a high degree of anatomical variation in the aortic arch (angulation from coronal plane, origin of the vertebral artery) and the abdominal aorta regions (high degree of taper, high number of collaterals and tortuous vessels).
Hazel Allardyce+2 more
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Post-sternotomy pain syndrome following cardiac surgery. case report [PDF]
Over 2 million people undergo sternotomy worldwide for heart surgery each year, and many develop post-sternotomy pain syndrome (PSPS) which persists in the anterior thorax.
Bordoni, Bruno+4 more
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ON THE DIAGNOSIS OF TUMORS OF THE ANTERIOR MEDIASTINUM. [PDF]
Read in the Section on Practice of Medicine and Materia Medica, of Am. Med. Association, May, 1884. It would be difficult to find in the adult human body a region of less intrinsic interest than that space between spaces known to the anatomists as the Anterior Mediastinum. It is narrow and of little depth; at its superior part a small interval is left
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