Background: Pulmonary artery stenosis, neoaortic dilatation, and neoaortic valve insufficiency are among the most frequent complications of the arterial switch operation (ASO) for repair of dextro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA). It remains...
Background: Surgery is the standard of care for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) reserved for patients who are not surgical candidates or decline surgery. The role of SBRT for medically operable...
Background: The Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) does not consider factors extrinsic to the observation of interest, such as concurrent LR-5 observations.
Purpose: To evaluate whether the presence of a concurrent LR-5 observation is...
Purpose
To determine the impact of race, socioeconomic deprivation, and insurance status on imaging surveillance adherence in a 5-year period after index diagnosis and surgical resection of a bone or soft tissue sarcoma at a single, large academic...
Background: In patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), early risk stratification is essential in order to determine effective therapeutic management. Right ventricle to left ventricle (RV/LV) ratio measurement is a strong predictor of clinical...
Background: Clinically significant depressive disturbances occur in 40-50% of patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and often precede the onset of any measurable motor symptoms. Cross-sectional studies indicate a majority of those affected experience...
Background: For patients with occult lower GI hemorrhage and a negative arteriogram, provocative mesenteric angiography (PMA) is a technique that entails intra-arterially administered tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) and vasodilator as well as...
Background: Results from computed tomography (CT) in leveled pediatric trauma patients can provide data critical for clinical decision-making. However, in this radio-sensitive population, significant opportunity exists to reduce healthcare waste and...