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Recanalización carotídea espontánea
Spontaneous carotid recanalization

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (6), 2016

Enfermedades pulmonares difusas relacionadas al tabaco

Inhalation of tobacco smoke is a risk factor for developing respiratory diseases as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and many cardiovascular diseases. Recently, a new group of interstitial lung diseases (ILD) related to cigarette smoking (SR-ILD) have been described. This group includes...

Rare Complication of non-Treated Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Extensive Thrombus in Right Cardiac Chambers

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (4), 2016
Abstract A 78-year-old patient presented with shortness of breath after falling down. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed an extensive thrombus in the right atrium (RA), extensive thrombosis of the inferior vena cava (IVC), and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). A magnetic resonance confirmed the thrombosi...

Relationship between Calcium Score and Myocardial Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis of Coronary Disease

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (4), 2016
Abstract Half the patients with coronary artery disease present with sudden death - or acute infarction as first symptom, making early diagnosis pivotal. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy is frequently used in the assessment of these patients, but it does not detect the disease without flow restriction, ...

Differential Diagnosis of Solitary Pulmonary Inflammatory Lesions and Peripheral Lung Cancers with Contrast-enhanced Computed Tomography

Clinics; 71 (10), 2016
OBJECTIVES: To clarify differences between solitary pulmonary inflammatory lesions and peripheral lung cancers with contrast-enhanced computed tomography. METHODS: In total, 64 and 132 patients with solitary pulmonary inflammatory masses/nodules and peripheral lung cancers, respectively, were enrolled i...

Envolvimento do Ventrículo Esquerdo na Displasia Arritmogênica do Ventrículo Direito

Elastomers three-dimensional biomodels proven to be a trustworthy representation of the angiotomographic images

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (9), 2016
ABSTRACT Intracranial aneurysm (IA) rupture is responsible for 80% of spontaneous arachnoid hemorrhages and associated with an extremely high mortality rate. Two possible surgical interventions are endovascular embolization and microsurgical clipping. Three-dimensional (3D) prototyping models help in sur...

Evaluation of morphological changes in pharynx with dynamic CT and MRI in snoring patients

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (9), 2016
Background: Identifying the craniofacial abnormalities that cause snoring and the narrowest area of the upper airway creating obstructions can help to determine the proper method of treatment. Aim: To identify the factors that can cause snoring and the areas of the airway that are the most likely to coll...

Angiomas venosos y cefalea en pediatría: un caso clínico

Rev. chil. pediatr; 87 (4), 2016
Introducción: Los angiomas venosos (AV) son entidades benignas que infrecuentemente presentan síntomas. Objetivo: Reporte de un caso y revisión del tema. Caso clínico: Escolar, de sexo femenino, 6 años, que inicia cefaleas bifrontales frecuentes 3-4 veces por semana, en relación con trabajo académ...

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: an Update

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (2), 2016
Abstract Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular disease and represents the main cause of sudden death in young patients. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and cardiac computed tomography (CCT) are noninvasive imaging methods with high sensitivity and specificity, usefu...