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Our objective was to determine the long-term survival of patients with resected synchronous multiple pulmonary malignant tumors.
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PMID: 21843760
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Thoracic aortic enlargement is an increasingly recognized condition that is often diagnosed on imaging studies performed for unrelated indications. The risk of unrecognized and untreated aortic enlargement and aneurysm includes aortic rupture and dissection which carry a high burden of morbidity and...
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PMID: 21742088
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The educational objectives for this self-assessment module are for the participant to exercise, self-assess, and improve his or her understanding of both the imaging and clinical findings of chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO).
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PMID: 21606243
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The educational objectives for this self-assessment module are for the participant to exercise, self-assess, and improve his or her skills in diagnostic radiology with regard to imaging of Paget disease of bone and its musculoskeletal complications.
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PMID: 21606241
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Ahmed Klink,
Fabien Hyafil,
James Rudd,
Peter Faries,
Valentin Fuster,
Ziad Mallat,
Olivier Meilhac,
Willem J M Mulder,
Jean-Baptiste Michel,
Francesco Ramirez,
Gert Storm,
Robert Thompson,
Irene C Turnbull,
Jesus Egido,
Jose L Martín-Ventura,
Carlos Zaragoza,
Didier Letourneur and
Zahi A Fayad
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We explore the current diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for the management of AAA. We also describe the diagnostic potential of new imaging techniques and therapeutic potential of new treatments for the management of small AAA....
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PMID: 21304473
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Although the great advance has been made in clinical anesthesia practice, the fundamental mechanisms of anesthetic action still remain to be an unsolved mystery. The early lipid membrane theory based on Meyer and Overton's law was taken over by the proteo-centric view of mechanism. Studies at the mol...
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PMID: 21626856
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We are able to conjugate GNP with peptides, drugs, and other molecules to gain astonishing effects. High quality, non-invasive imaging will inevitably lead to astonishing accuracy diagnostic tools with effective use during surgery. The same principles may be used in the future for drug delivery and...
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PMID: 21780364
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We achieved specific bodily conflicts and induced predictable changes in a fundamental aspect of self-consciousness by altering where healthy subjects experienced themselves to be (self-location). Functional magnetic resonance imaging revealed that temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) activity reflected...
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PMID: 21521620
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This article reviews the management in emergency departments of acutely unwell patients with intestinal obstruction. It describes the diagnostic tests and management required for patients with this condition, suggests that reflecting on practice can help practitioners evaluate the quality of the care...
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PMID: 21560895
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OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical data and result of voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) in high-risk children with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) for better awareness of VUR, and to assess the usefulness of non-radioactive voiding ultrasonography (VUS) in the diagnosis of VUR. METHOD: N...
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PMID: 21624206
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We demonstrated some methods (conventional endoscopy, modern endoscopic technology and noninvasive methods) that may help assess the severity of atrophic gastritis and select the reasonable treatment protocols....
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PMID: 21483628
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Even among asymptomatic persons at low risk (0) and advanced CAC (CAC ≥ 300). A CAC level of >0 and of ≥ 300 was present in 30% and 3.5% of participants, respectively. Factor VIIIc, fibrinogen, and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule were each associated with the presence of CAC (p ≤ 0.02),...
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PMID: 21376929
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There is increasing clinical, imaging and neurophatological evidence that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) represents a multisystem neurodegenerative disease. Neurodegeneration is not restricted to motor neurons, but also includes parts of the brain other than the motor cortex, especially the pref...
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PMID: 21412715
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The most important challenge of ALS remains finding biomarkers. Clinical features remain of key importance in the diagnosis and for follow up. Neurophysiology remains difficult to use in clinical trials. Neuroimaging have some utility for upper motor neuron integrity and function. Among proteins and...
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PMID: 21412714
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We have performed a rigorous examination of the relationship of a tumor-associated collagen signature-3 (TACS-3) to the long-term survival rate of human patients. TACS-3 is characterized by bundles of straightened and aligned collagen fibers that are oriented perpendicular to the tumor boundary. An...
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PMID: 21356373
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We evaluate the physiopathology, the strategy of diagnosis and treatment of the IUCD translocation. Material and methods: We conducted a retrospective study of nine cases of IUCD migration having occurred between 2004 and 2009. We discussed the age, the type of IUCD, the risk factors, the mechanisms...
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PMID: 21560432
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The development of concise grading schemes for diffuse gliomas with proven relevance to tumor behavior and susceptibility to therapy is important for clinical decision making. At present, there is unacceptably large interobserver discrepancy in the application of the current World Health Organization...
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PMID: 21343878
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Diagnostic imaging is indicated for patients with low back pain only if they have severe progressive neurologic deficits or signs or symptoms that suggest a serious or specific underlying condition. In other patients, evidence indicates that routine imaging is not associated with cli...
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PMID: 21282698
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We iteratively adapt the active contour to maximize the contrast between the two domains, which results in a snake that seeks elliptical bright blobs. We provide analytic expressions for the gradient of the snake with respect to its defining parameters, which allows for the use of efficient optimize...
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PMID: 20513925
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) becomes a significant health problem in Japan, mostly because the rapid increase of aging and diabetic population. Intermittent claudication, rest pain, intractable foot ulcer and gangrene are the manifestations of PAD patients. Diagnosis of PAD is obtained by ankle...
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PMID: 21387683
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Chronic kidney disease is a risk factor for cardiovascular events, but how it relates to the prognosis associated with clinical risk factors for thromboembolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) is not well known. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), score for congestive h...
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PMID: 21247518
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Increasingly, early phase clinical trials involve pharmacodynamic (PD) and pharmacokinetic (PK) assays as well as frequent imaging studies. The authors conducted a prospective study examining patients' willingness to undergo such tests and the number of tests the patients would tolerate.
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PMID: 21246533
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We conducted this retrospective study to determine the prevalence of giant cell arteritis (GCA) in patients exhibiting nonatherosclerotic upper and/or lower extremity arterial involvement and to evaluate the clinical features and long-term outcome of those patients.From January 1997 to March 2008, 3...
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PMID: 21200185
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We retrospectively analyzed the records of 206 patients who underwent a total of 239 carotid endarterectomy surgeries between January 2002 and August 2009 to identify the impact of selective shunting and primary closure on morbidity and mortality. Two hundred thirty-nine surgeries were performed on...
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PMID: 21675622
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Biomarkers have been receiving increasing attention, especially in the field of psychiatry In contrast to the availability of potent therapeutic tools including pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and biological therapies, unmet needs remain in terms of onset of action, stability of response, and further...
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PMID: 21842620
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R R Morales,
A A Cuadrado,
J F JF Noguera,
C C Dolz,
A A Vilella,
J J Riera,
M M González de Cabo,
A A Arriví,
E E Falcó,
M M García Bonafe,
M M Company,
J C JC Vicens and
A A Socías
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technological development and coordination of efforts in multidisciplinary teams offer an accurate evaluation of tumor involvement, and may reduce the number of laparotomies without tumor resection. The application of a systematic and generalized multimodal treatment in pancreatic cancer is progress...
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PMID: 21341931
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the PDTR strategy is effective in reducing DTI and may reduce patients´ and relatives´ anxiety. However, it is far from reaching the DTI recommended. The achieved reduction of the delay has no impact on tumor stage....
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PMID: 21341932
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Hypotheses of pathophysiology in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have developed in parallel with advances in neuroimaging. Based on findings from early PET and SPECT studies evaluating cerebral blood flow and glucose metabolism, one theory proposed involvement of the orbitofrontal-striatum-thalam...
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PMID: 21404631
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We describe multiple intracranial lesions caused by M. genavense in an immunocompromised host. A 50-year-old man presented with dysarthria, aphasia, and right hemiparesis. He had a primary immunodeficiency and a M. genavense infection in the thoracic and abdominal lymph nodes. Magnetic resonance ima...
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PMID: 21228452
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We implemented a strategy for the visualization of morphological changes of dendritic spines over tens of minutes at a lateral resolution of 25 to 65 nm. We have generated a low-affinity photoconvertible probe, capable of reversibly binding to actin and thus allowing long-term photoactivated localiz...
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PMID: 21264214
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We strive to educate where the needs, opportunities, and jobs are and will be in the future. The bridge between engineering, biology, and medicine is a growing link, and there is no sign that this interface will slow. With an aging population, dynamic changes in health care, as well as global econom...
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PMID: 21791406
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We present a consensus on the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of this disease, designed by AMORL, after a systematic review of the literature from 1966 to June 2010. Diagnosis of sudden sensorineural hearing loss is based on mandatory otoscopy, acoumetry, tonal audiometry, speech audiometry, and...
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PMID: 21112580
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We sought to determine the current practice patterns of general surgeons in Atlantic Canada in the management of primary rectal cancer in relation to surgeon-specific variables.
We sent mail-out surveys to all practising general surgeons (n = 183) in Atlantic Canada to determine screening preference...
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PMID: 21092432
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We therefore advise against it. Imaging is indicated when serious conditions are suspected and should be considered for symptoms that have not improved after 4-6 weeks. Of the imaging modalities available, MRI has the highest sensitivity for most important disorders in the neck and back. Degenerativ...
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PMID: 21109849
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