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Journal of Clinical Medicine, Volume 10, Issue 24

December-2 2021 - 271 articles

Cover Story: Sarcoidosis is a chronic multi-system inflammatory disorder characterized by the formation of non-caseating granulomas. Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is significantly associated with a poor prognosis due to congestive heart failure or arrhythmias (such as an advanced atrioventricular block). 18F-FDG PET and cardiac MRI are promising tools that may help us improve the diagnosis. The suggested algorithm for diagnosis is based on MRI with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE), cine, and mapping techniques. If LGE is negative, the patient’s prognosis would be excellent. However, if LGE is positive or inconclusive, the disease activity should be evaluated using 18F-FDG PET for immunosuppressive therapy. Instead of LGE MRI, late iodine-enhanced CT could be a replacement in patients with MRI-incompatible cardiac implantable electronic devices.View this paper
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Articles (271)

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,642 Views
6 Pages

Comparison of Acute Withdrawal and Slow Taper of Antiseizure Medications during Video Electroencephalographic Monitoring: Efficacy for Shortening of Hospital Stay

  • Ayako Motoki,
  • Naoki Akamatsu,
  • Tomoyuki Fumuro,
  • Ayako Miyoshi,
  • Hideaki Tanaka,
  • Koichi Hagiwara,
  • Shinji Ohara,
  • Takashi Kamada,
  • Hiroshi Shigeto and
  • Hiroyuki Murai

20 December 2021

Antiepileptic medications (ASMs) are withdrawn at the epilepsy monitoring unit to facilitate seizure recordings. The effect of rapid tapering of ASMs on the length of hospital stay has not been well documented. We compared the mean length of hospital...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,106 Views
14 Pages

Imaging in Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement: State-of-Art Review

  • Manuel Barreiro-Perez,
  • Berenice Caneiro-Queija,
  • Luis Puga,
  • Rocío Gonzalez-Ferreiro,
  • Robert Alarcon,
  • Jose Antonio Parada,
  • Andrés Iñiguez-Romo and
  • Rodrigo Estevez-Loureiro

20 December 2021

Mitral regurgitation is the second-most frequent valvular heart disease in Europe and it is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Recognition of MR should encourage the assessment of its etiology, severity, and mechanism in order to determine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
3,442 Views
11 Pages

Distal Radial Artery Access for Coronary and Peripheral Procedures: A Multicenter Experience

  • Alexandru Achim,
  • Kornél Kákonyi,
  • Zoltán Jambrik,
  • Ferenc Nagy,
  • Julia Tóth,
  • Viktor Sasi,
  • Péter Hausinger,
  • Attila Nemes,
  • Albert Varga and
  • Olivier F. Bertrand
  • + 1 author

20 December 2021

Introduction: Distal radial access (dRA) has recently gained global popularity as an alternative access route for vascular procedures. Among the benefits of dRA are the low risk of entry site bleeding complications, the low rate of radial artery occl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,041 Views
10 Pages

Point-of-Care Ultrasound-Guided Protocol to Confirm Central Venous Catheter Placement in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Prospective Feasibility Study

  • Torsten Baehner,
  • Marc Rohner,
  • Ingo Heinze,
  • Ehrenfried Schindler,
  • Maria Wittmann,
  • Nadine Strassberger-Nerschbach,
  • Se-Chan Kim and
  • Markus Velten

20 December 2021

Background: Central venous catheters (CVC) are commonly required for pediatric congenital cardiac surgeries. The current standard for verification of CVC positioning following perioperative insertion is postsurgical radiography. However, incorrect po...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,662 Views
13 Pages

Properties of Plasma Clots in Adult Patients Following Fontan Procedure: Relation to Clot Permeability and Lysis Time—Multicenter Study

  • Maciej Skubera,
  • Aleksandra Gołąb,
  • Dariusz Plicner,
  • Joanna Natorska,
  • Michał Ząbczyk,
  • Olga Trojnarska,
  • Anna Mazurek-Kula,
  • Monika Smaś-Suska,
  • Agnieszka Bartczak-Rutkowska and
  • Piotr Podolec
  • + 1 author

20 December 2021

Objectives: thromboembolic complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality following Fontan (FO) surgery. It is also well established that altered FO circulation results in systemic complications, including liver and endothelium damage. We...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,089 Views
10 Pages

Analyzing the Fitting of Novel Preformed Osteosynthesis Plates for the Reduction and Fixation of Mandibular Fractures

  • Marc Anton Fuessinger,
  • Mathieu Gass,
  • Caroline Woelm,
  • Carl-Peter Cornelius,
  • Ruediger M. Zimmerer,
  • Philipp Poxleitner,
  • Stefan Schlager and
  • Marc Christian Metzger

20 December 2021

Purpose: The known preformed osteosynthesis plates for the midface are helpful tools for a precise and fast fixation of repositioned fractures. The purpose of the current study is to analyze the precision of newly developed prototypes of preformed os...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,199 Views
16 Pages

Pursuing More Aggressive Timelines in the Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (TSCI): A Retrospective Cohort Study with Subgroup Analysis

  • Tobias Bock,
  • Raban Arved Heller,
  • Patrick Haubruck,
  • Tim Friedrich Raven,
  • Maximilian Pilz,
  • Arash Moghaddam and
  • Bahram Biglari

20 December 2021

Background: The optimal timing of surgical therapy for traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) remains unclear. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of “ultra-early” (<4 h) versus “early” (4–24 h) time from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,661 Views
15 Pages

The Utility of Metabolic Parameters on Baseline F-18 FDG PET/CT in Predicting Treatment Response and Survival in Paediatric and Adolescent Hodgkin Lymphoma

  • Janet Denise Reed,
  • Andries Masenge,
  • Ane Buchner,
  • Fareed Omar,
  • David Reynders,
  • Mariza Vorster,
  • Christophe Van de Wiele and
  • Mike Sathekge

20 December 2021

Lymphoma is the third most common paediatric cancer. Early detection of high-risk patients is necessary to anticipate those who require intensive therapy and follow-up. Current literature shows that residual tumor avidity on PET (Positron Emission To...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,516 Views
12 Pages

Brain Metastases from Adult Sarcomas: A Retrospective Cohort Study from the Hellenic Group of Sarcomas and Rare Cancers (HGSRC)

  • Stefania Kokkali,
  • Louiza Vini,
  • Anastasia Stergioula,
  • Anastasios Kyriazoglou,
  • Nikolaos Vassos and
  • Ioannis Boukovinas

20 December 2021

Brain metastases are rare events in patients with sarcoma and the available information is relatively limited. We retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients with sarcoma who developed brain metastases between April 2010 and April 2020 in si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,332 Views
13 Pages

Vascular Dysfunction Predicts Future Deterioration of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients with Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction

  • Shinji Kishimoto,
  • Tatsuya Maruhashi,
  • Masato Kajikawa,
  • Takahiro Harada,
  • Takayuki Yamaji,
  • Yiming Han,
  • Aya Mizobuchi,
  • Yu Hashimoto,
  • Kenichi Yoshimura and
  • Yukiko Nakano
  • + 5 authors

20 December 2021

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF) is associated with vascular dysfunction and whether vascular function predicts future deterioration of LVEF in patients with HFmrEF. We eva...

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