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Enlarged Lymph Nodes on Screening Mammograms Predict Cardiometabolic Disease, Cardiovascular Risk

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milla1cf Fri, 05/10/2024 - 08:10 May 10, 2024 — According to the Summa Cum Laude Award-Winning Online Poster presented during the 124th ARRS Annual Meeting , fat-enlarged axillary nodes on screening mammograms can predict high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, Type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and hypertension (HTN). Rubino et al.

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Clinical Conundrums: Do We Need to Order a CT for Every Patient with Renal Colic?

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Clinical Scenario: A 35-year-old man with no PMH presents with left flank pain, hematuria and history of kidney stones. In a young patient who has a clear clinical diagnosis, there is no required imaging. 2011; 18(7):699-707. CT in Detecting Urinary Tract Calculi: Influence on Patient Imaging and Clinical Outcomes Radiology.

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AI model used with one-inhale CT helps diagnose COPD

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A convolutional neural network (CNN) model used with a one-inhalation lung CT scan protocol can effectively diagnose and stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers have reported. The disease consists of a group of progressive lung conditions that obstruct an individual's ability to breathe.

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ARRS: Dartmouth poster wins for CVD risk prediction potential using mammograms

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A scientific poster on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction using fat-enlarged axillary nodes visualized on screening mammograms won the Summa Cum Laude Award at the 124th American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting.

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LI-RADS shows low NPV in per-patient liver tumor assessment

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However, the researchers noted that the emphasis on specificity can lead to disease under-staging. The team included patient records from 206 HCC patients who underwent a liver transplant from 2011 to 2017. The team compared these per-patient designations with the presence of viable disease at explant pathology.

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REBEL Core Cast 132.0 – Recent-Onset AFib

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Cardioversion recommendations exclude patients with recent strokes or valvular heart disease. MD Calc: CHA2DS2-VASc for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk References Yealy D, Kosowsky JM: Dysrhythmias, in Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al (eds): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, ed 8. Louis, Mosby, Inc.,

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AI With Volumetric Thresholds Facilitate Opportunistic Screening for Splenomegaly

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A secondary cohort of 104 patients (62 men, 42 women; mean age, 56 years) with end-stage liver disease underwent pre-liver transplant CT from January 2011 to May 2013. Pickhardt et al.’s