General anesthesia may worsen outcomes in endovascular stroke treatment
1. Patients undergoing general anesthesia for endovascular treatment of acute stroke had increased odds of death and respiratory complications, and...
CT-based assessment may predict the need for open heart surgery
1. Among a cohort of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) was comparable to...
Intravenous gadolinium-based contrast agents may deposit in brain tissue
1. Elemental gadolinium deposits in vascular endothelial and neuronal tissue in a dose-dependent fashion following intravenous administration despite normal renal...
Use of CT for adult fall patients is rising in the emergency department
1. Between 2001 and 2010, a 2.5-fold increase in CT utilization has occurred among adult fall patients visiting the emergency...
Ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis may improve pulmonary embolism outcomes
1. In patients with acute submassive pulmonary embolism (PE), ultrasound-accelerated catheter-directed thrombolysis (USAT) safely and effectively improved right ventricular (RV)...
Diffusion-weighted MRI highly sensitive, specific vs. CT in acute ischemic stroke [Classics Series]
1. Among patients with acute neurologic deficits presenting within six hours of symptoms onset, diffusion-weight magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) was...
Amyloid may cause distant cerebral hypometabolism in Alzheimer’s
1. In a longitudinal study of 15 patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), regions of isolated cerebral hypometabolism detected by FDG-PET...
Combined MRI and NIH stroke scores may predict stroke prognosis
1. A diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) parameter of >70mL of infarct volume with a NIHSS score of >20 was a highly...
Endovascular stroke treatment reduces mortality
1. Patients with acute ischemic stroke presenting with proximal vessel occlusion, adequate collateral circulation, and small infarct size who received...
Perfusion-guided endovascular stroke treatment improves outcomes
1. Among patients with large vessel ischemic stroke and evidence of salvageable brain tissue on computed tomography (CT) perfusion imaging,...