INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Myocardial ischemia can be assessed with cardiac magnetic resonance perfusion imaging (MRPI). This study aimed to analyze the clinical utility of MRPI in the diagnosis of significant coronary artery disease. METHODS: Fifty-five patients were examined with a 1.5 T MR scanner (Siemens Symphony), with a first pass of 0.10 mmol/kg gadolinium chelate, at rest and during adenosine vasodil...
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: To prospectively evaluate perfusion computed tomography (CT) for assessment of changes in tumor vascularity after chemoradiation therapy (CRT) in locally advanced rectal cancer and to analyze the correlation between baseline perfusion parameters and tumor response. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty patients with rectal cancer underwent baseline perfusion CT before CRT, and in 11 an examin...
OBJECTIVE: To describe the main indications and the technical steps to perform ultrasound guided procedures in patients with rheumatic diseases. To access procedures accuracy, safety and effectiveness. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 27 patients with pain related to articular complications of rheumatic diseases and according to previous radiographic or US exam were submitted to several US-guided procedures. 42% of pati...
Organizing pneumonia is a pathologic entity characterized by intra-alveolar buds of granulation tissue that can extend to the bronchiolar lumen. It is a non-specific finding reflecting a pattern of pulmonary response to aggression that can be cryptogenic or associated with several causes. Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare infectious disease, of bacterial aetiology, and of difficult diagnosis. This disease usual...
Objectivos: Numerosas séries têm sido publicadas documentando a experiência em nefrectomias por via transperitoneal e retroperitoneal. Este artigo pretende documentar as primeiras 10 nefrectomias e nefroureterectomias laparoscópicas via transperitoneal realizadas no Hospital D. Estefânia. Material e Métodos: Revisão retrospectiva de cinco nefrectomias e cinco nefroureterectomias laparoscópicas realizadas no per...
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