The results of a new study of about 20,000 Veterans Affairs system patients undergoing diagnostic imaging for peripheral vascular disease (PVD) from 1999 to 2004 show significant cost savings with ...

Kim and colleagues [1] have brought this question out into the open. There is no need for a lengthy discussion at present, but the future is clearer than it was. Their work reveals that the ...

MRA Intracranial Projection. In this view, a "textbook" picture of the Circle of Willis can be seen. This view is especially good to assess for narrowing of the vertebral and basilar arteries, and ...

To the Editor: Kim et al. (Dec. 27 issue) 1 acknowledge that their study has several limitations. First, 6 percent of the patients and 16 percent of the coronary segments could not be assessed by ...

The clinical evaluation at 1 year showed that the patient was clinically stable with resolution of joint contractures at the wrist and elbow. The modified Rodnan skin score was reduced to 24. The ...

MULTIHANCE (gadobenate dimeglumine) 529mg/mL solution for IV injection by Bracco Diagnostics Bracco Diagnostics announced that the FDA has approved the use of MultiHance (gadobenate dimeglumine) ...

Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) can potentially cure sickle cell disease, an inherited and painful blood disorder, but because of its potential drawbacks and costs, patients and caregivers often ...

A 66-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia was transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital with left-sided weakness and altered mental status after magnetic resonance ...

Intracranial MRA - Caudal Rostal Projection. In this view, imagine you are looking from above the patient's head straight down towards their feet. This view is especially good for visualization of the ...

A novel contrast agent made up of tiny iron oxide nanoparticles can label blood vessels, and highlight adverse events such cerebral ischemia, in dogs and monkeys. A series of rodent experiments showed ...