Prognostic Factors of Renal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis [PDF]
Background/Aims: Renal involvement is common in systemic sclerosis (SSc), including asymptomatic reduction of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), increased renal resistance indices, scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) and ANCA-associated vasculitis. The aim was
Barbano, Biagio +5 more
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Quantification of Renal Stone Contrast with Ultrasound in Human Subjects [PDF]
Purpose: Greater visual contrast between calculi and tissue would improve ultrasound (US) imaging of urolithiasis and potentially expand clinical use. The color Doppler twinkling artifact has been suggested to provide enhanced contrast of stones compared
Bailey, Michael R. +9 more
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Intrahepatic persistent fetal right umbilical vein: a retrospective study [PDF]
Introduction: To appraise the incidence and value of intrahepatic persistent right umbilical vein (PRUV). Methods: This was a single-center study. Records of all women with a prenatal diagnosis of intrahepatic PRUV were reviewed.
Di Meglio A. +9 more
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PurposeThis study aims to automatically classify color Doppler images into two categories for stroke risk prediction based on the carotid plaque. The first category is high-risk carotid vulnerable plaque, and the second is stable carotid plaque.MethodIn ...
Shan-Shan Su +3 more
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Fetal heterotaxy with tricuspid atresia, pulmonary atresia, and isomerism of the right atrial appendages at 22 weeks. [PDF]
We report the accurate prenatal diagnosis at 22 weeks gestation of right atrial isomerism in association with tricuspid atresia. Several distinctive sonographic features of isomerism of the right atrial appendages were present in this fetus: complex ...
Richardson, Randy R +3 more
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EFSUMB Recommendations and Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Ultrasound - Part 1: Examination Techniques and Normal Findings (Long version). [PDF]
▼ In October 2014 the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology formed a Gastrointestinal Ultrasound (GIUS) task force group to promote the use of GIUS in a clinical setting.
Calabrese, E. +16 more
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Background The aim of this study is to describe point-of-care ultrasound and Color flow Duplex Doppler characteristics of penetrating and blunt trauma-related vascular injuries of the limbs and neck.
Miguel Angel Montorfano +5 more
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Intraabdominal extrapulmonary sequestration in an infant diagnosed by color Doppler ultrasound
Intra-abdominal extralobar pulmonary sequestration is seen very rarely. When an echogenic mass with cystic spaces below the diaphragm in an infant is seen with ultrasound, color Doppler technique should be used to demonstrate the feeding artery.
Gokhan Duygulu +3 more
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Quantification of left ventricular longitudinal strain, strain rate, velocity and displacement in healthy horses by 2-dimensional speckle tracking [PDF]
Background: The quantification of equine left ventricular (LV) function is generally limited to short-axis M-mode measurements. However, LV deformation is 3-dimensional (3D) and consists of longitudinal shortening, circumferential shortening, and radial ...
De Clercq, Dominique +4 more
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True Brachial Artery Aneurysm Presenting as a Non-Pulsatile Mass
Brachial artery aneurysms are rare disease that can be encountered. It is divided into true and false. The frequency of true aneurysm of the brachial artery is so much unusual.
Anup Pradhananga, Xie Chao
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