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AuntMinnie 2021: COVID-19 vaccine affects imaging results, researchers warn

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Our most highly read article in 2021 reported on two of these studies. Researchers are warning that the COVID-19 vaccine can manifest on imaging in ways that appear to be disease, according to two studies published February 24 in the American Journal of Roentgenology and Radiology.

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Benign breast disease found on percutaneous biopsy ups cancer risk

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Benign breast disease diagnosed through percutaneous biopsy increases the overall risk of developing breast cancer, according to research published December 13 in JAMA Surgery. Benign breast disease makes up about 75% of breast biopsy diagnoses. The study included data from 4,819 women with a median age of 51.

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PET predicts adverse events in heart disease patients

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PET imaging with nitrogen-13 (N-13) ammonia radiotracer can help predict major adverse cardiac events in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD), according to a study published May 30 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging. Patients underwent the scans between January 2017 and January 2021. The full study is available here.

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Diagnosing Pediatric Crohn Disease With Radiomic and Clinical Data

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milla1cf Wed, 08/02/2023 - 19:58 August 2, 2023 — An accepted manuscript published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) found that deploying a radiomic-based model with T2-weighted MRI data could increase diagnostic accuracy for pediatric Crohn disease (CD). Dillman et al.’s

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Late-stage breast cancer incidence increasing in U.S. women

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Our research is showing that we are missing opportunities to diagnose disease early, Monticciolo told AuntMinnie.com. They used the latest available data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER), including data from the COVID-19 pandemic peak years of 2020 and 2021. We encourage women to get screened.

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BPAP vs AVAPS for Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in the ED

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Balkan Med J 2021. Balkan Med J 2021. Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation for Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Prehospital and Emergency Settings. Cureus 2021. AVAPS: 0.07 P = 0.015 PaCO2 Excretion in 1 st Hour BPAP S/T: 4.75 AVAPS: 10.20 AVAPS: 0.07 AVAPS: 10.20

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SCCT: CCTA shows plaque burden progression in firefighters

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A team led by Srikanth Krishnan, MD, from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center found that at-risk firefighters experience ongoing plaque progression, which can lead to cardiovascular disease. Coronary heart disease makes up most cases, the researchers noted. The firefighters had an average age of 53.6; of these, 98% were men and 66% were white.