The annual incidence of cardiac sarcoidosis is low, but increased awareness of this inflammatory condition has led to earlier disease recognition. High mortality rates compel prompt diagnosis and ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Renal artery stenosis is the narrowing of one or both blood vessels to the kidneys. The renal arteries bring blood from the heart to the kidneys to help filter ...

Whether the long-term benefit of stroke prevention when stenting is added to medical therapy (MT) over MT alone for symptomatic severe intracranial artery stenosis offsets the perioperative risks of ...

Patients are exposed to 2% of the radiation of a normal CT scan TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose CT chest scans could help detect pneumonia in at-risk patients while exposing them ...

As a result, since the increased detection of incidental renal masses is directly related to reduction in presentation of synchronous metastatic disease, this cancer is often detected at quite early ...

Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients undergoing CT scans. Under new Medicare regulations effective this year ...

"CT scans are the gold standard for detecting pneumonia, but repeated scans can expose patients to significant radiation." While the early diagnosis of lung infections in immunocompromised ...

Significant stenosis of the Cx was noted, and extravasation of contrast from the distal segment of OM1 was identified. (Figures 3a,b). Figure 3. (a) Contrast extravasation seen on invasive coronary ...

Aims To investigate the prognostic impact of atherosclerotic renovascular disease in patients with chronic heart failure. Conclusions RAS is a common finding in patients suffering from heart ...