Latest - Radiology

• How PAs Can Avoid Malpractice: Go Back to Practice Basics A thorough medical history that focuses on diagnostics can help PAs steer clear of medical errors and their legal ramifications, a medico-legal consultant advises.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• EuroPCR 2022 Mixed Interim Results for Combination Imaging in CABG Patients The GREECE study is investigating whether use of noninvasive coronary CT angiography can reduce use of invasive angiography when making treatment decisions for patients with previous bypass surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Best & Worst Places to Practice 2022 Some states offer lots of perks and temptations for physician practices, although each doctor has their own priorities that make some places more desirable.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 20, 2022
• Why I'm Offering DMPA to Patients With Uterine Fibroids   Dr Andrew Kaunitz reviews the effectiveness of DMPA in the treatment of the most common gynecologic tumors: uterine fibroids.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, May 20, 2022
• How Medicine Is Failing a Nation in Pain   Pain is central to every specialty, and we all played a part in the opioid crisis, says Dr Haider Warraich, author of The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain.
  Medscape, May 20, 2022
• EuroPCR 2022 Noninvasive Approach to Revascularization Decisions Shows Promise The noninvasive quantitative flow ratio (QFR) approach showed substantial agreement with the more invasive classical fractional flow reserve approach in the DECISION QFR study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• New Image-Based Risk Model Helps Predict Future Breast Cancers An automated risk model using digital breast tomosynthesis images can identify women at high risk for developing cancer before their next screening exam.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Patients' Bad Behavior Provokes Burnout in Physicians: Study Mistreatment and discrimination by patients increase the risk of physician burnout; for 1 in 5 physicians, patients refused care because of the physician's appearance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Risk Stratification of Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules Learn how this strategy could assist in the diagnosis of indeterminate thyroid nodules and help predict malignancy.
  Clinical Endocrinology, May 19, 2022
• Medicine, AI, and Bias: Will Bad Data Undermine Good Tech? Artificial Intelligence models may help predict and prevent diseases. But recent research highlights the challenges they face in providing insights that work for all.
  WebMD Health News, May 18, 2022
• EuroPCR 2022 One-Month DAPT Enough for Complex PCI if Bleeding Risk High Latest data from the MASTER DAPT trial show similar results in the subgroup of patients who underwent complex PCI as in the main trial.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Colorectal Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 2: Colorectal Liver Metastases   The case focuses on a 32-year-old man whose colonoscopy showed a non-bleeding mass about 2-3 cm above the anal verge with some symptoms of mild partial obstruction. His staging imaging demonstrates multiple liver lesions, a mid-rectal thickening, and some small pulmonary nodules.
  Medscape, May 18, 2022
• The Psychopathic Brain: New Insight A neuroimaging study shows that the striatum is nearly 10% larger in adults with psychopathic traits compared to those with no psychopathic traits.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Troponins Independently Prognostic in Nonobstructive CAD Modestly elevated levels of troponin on high-sensitivity assay pointed to impaired perfusion and predicted CV events independent of microvascular dysfunction in patients with nonobstructive CAD.
  First Look, May 18, 2022
• Effects of Gender-affirming Therapy on Breast Imaging Findings This narrative reviews recent recommendations for breast cancer screening in the transgender population. How might gender-affirming therapy impact breast cancer risk in transgender persons?
  Applied Radiology, May 18, 2022
• Renal Compression in HF: The Renal Tamponade Hypothesis A new hypothesis suggests that central venous pressure increases and renal encapsulation may be a factor in renal damage due to heart failure, and a novel target for treatment.
  JACC: Heart Failure, May 18, 2022
• Cancer Screening Prevalence and Associated Factors This editorial highlights cancer screening trends, the importance of cancer screening, and the many factors which can affect cancer screening behavior.
  Preventing Chronic Disease, May 18, 2022
• EuroPCR 2022 Distal Radial Snuffbox Technique Comes Up Short in DISCO-RADIAL The trial missed its primary endpoint but bolsters the case for using the technique when coupled with best practices to prevent radial artery occlusion.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Updated AHA/ASA Guideline Changes Care for Spontaneous ICH Several "standard care" therapies for ICH are not as effective as once thought and are no longer recommended in updated guidelines.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Global Return of Cardiac Testing Uneven, Staff Stress a Factor The recovery of diagnostic testing differed across the globe in a new survey that also revealed 'alarming' rates of burnout and stress among testing staff.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022