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Congenital abnormalities of the coronary arteries are an uncommon but important cause of chest pain and, in some cases of hemodynamically significant abnormalities, sudden cardiac death. For several decades, premorbid diagnosis of coronary artery anomalies has been made with conventional angiography. However, this imaging technique has limitations due to its projectional and invasive nature. The recent development of electrocardiographically (ECG)-gated multi-detector row computed tomography (CT

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Pancreatic fat can be quantified by using CT, and CT attenuation indexes that are applied to the quantification of pancreatic fat are significantly associated with clinical assessment of impaired glucose metabolism.

PURPOSE: To prospectively evaluate the reproducibility of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement in malignant hepatic tumors and to examine the influence of imaging methods, lesion location, and lesion size on the reproducibility of ADC measurement. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The institutional review board approved the study protocol, and informed consent was obtained. Forty-nine patients underwent both breath-hold and respiratory-triggered diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imagin

BACKGROUND: Imaging studies, including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET), have an essential role in the detection and localization of colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM). PURPOSE: To systematically determine the diagnostic accuracy of multidetector row CT (MDCT), gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI, and PET/CT for diagnosing CRLM and the sources of heterogeneity between the reported results. STUDY TYPE: Systematic review and meta-analy

The most common histologic type of lung cancer among the patients in this study was squamous cell carcinoma (n = 12). The most common clinical presentation was abdominal pain (n = 15). A total of 31 lesions were visualized on CT scans, involving the stomach (n = 3), small bowel (n = 26), and colon (n = 2). The metastatic lesions were seen on CT scans as wall thickening in 14 cases, an intraluminal polypoid mass in 14 cases, and an exophytic mass in three cases. The lesions exhibited isoattenuati

BACKGROUND: Pregabalin is used for the treatment of neuropathic pain and has shown analgesic efficacy in post-operative pain. The aim of this randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial (Clinical Trials.gov ID NCT00938548) was to investigate the efficacy and safety of pregabalin for reducing post-operative pain in patients after mastectomy. METHODS: Eighty-four women scheduled for elective mastectomy were randomly assigned to groups that received either pregabalin (75 mg) or placebo, 1

Cardiac Perforation Caused by Acrylic Cement: A Rare Complication of Percutaneous VertebroplastySo Yeon Kim1, Joon Beom Seo, Kyung-Hyun Do, Jin Seong Lee, Koun-Sik Song and Tae-Hwan LimAudio Available | Share

To investigate whether tick-borne encephalitis viruses (TBEVs) are present in South Korea, Korean ixodid ticks were tested for TBEV RNA. Ticks (n = 2460) were collected from wild and domestic animals or by flagging at forest and grassland in 12 regions of five provinces in 2005-06. Four species in two genera were identified, yielding 197 sample pools (1-20 ticks per pool); from these, 12 envelope protein gene fragments of TBEV were amplified by reverse transcriptase-nested polymerase chain react

Low-dose CT may have comparable diagnostic performance to standard-dose CT for the diagnosis of appendicitis in young adults.