Abstract: Objective: Ultrasound-based aortic stiffness estimation has the potential to improve the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), as a complement to ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — Researchers have designed process that uses ultrasound to modify the behavior of cancer-fighting T cells by increasing their cell permeability. They targeted freshly isolated ...

Impact of sex on in-hospital mortality and 90-day readmissions in patients undergoing transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR): Analysis from the nationwide readmission database.

The term dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) refers to a spectrum of heterogeneous myocardial disorders that are characterized by ventricular dilation and depressed myocardial performance in the absence of ...

There has been an ongoing debate regarding which duplex ultrasound (DUS) criteria to use to determine the rate of in-stent restenosis. This prospective study revisits DUS criteria for determining ...

Table 3 summarises the relationship between these approaches and provides clinical examples of their use. A range of medical imaging modalities can be used, including ultrasound, CT, MRI and X-ray ...

Department of Cardiology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Correspondence to: Dr Angus Nightingale Department of Cardiology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, ...

If you have heart valve replacement surgery, you will be prescribed a blood thinner (a.k.a. an anticoagulant) upon discharge from the hospital. Long-term blood thinner medication guidelines differ ...

Once you have made the decision to have heart valve replacement surgery, you, along with your surgeon, will need to decide what type of replacement valve is best for you. There are several types of ...