Aluja Jaramillo, Felipe Gutierrez, Fernando R Díaz Telli, Federico G Yevenes Aravena, Sebastian Javidan-Nejad, Cylen Bhalla, Sanjeev
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a condition characterized by increased pressure in the pulmonary circulation. It may be idiopathic or arise in the setting of other clinical conditions. Patients with PH tend to present with nonspecific cardiovascular or respiratory symptoms. The clinical classification of PH was recently revised at the World Health O...
Plowman, R Scooter Javidan-Nejad, Cylen Raptis, Constantine A Katz, Douglas S Mellnick, Vincent M Bhalla, Sanjeev Cornejo, Patricia Menias, Christine O
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Pregnancy results in substantial hemodynamic and prothrombotic changes that form the foundation for downstream vascular complications, both during pregnancy and in the postpartum period. In addition, several important risk factors, including older patient age, diabetes, and smoking, can increase the risk for vascular-related pregnancy complications...
Brem, Rachel F
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Fidler, Jeff L
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Kaushal, Pankaj Somwaru, Alexander S Charabaty, Aline Levy, Angela D
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Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are the two main forms of idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). CD is a transmural chronic inflammatory disorder that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract in a discontinuous distribution. UC is a mucosal and submucosal chronic inflammatory disease that typically originates in the re...
Clark, Toshimasa J Gunn, Martin L
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Wang, Kenneth C Patel, Jigar B Vyas, Bimal Toland, Michael Collins, Beverly Vreeman, Daniel J Abhyankar, Swapna Siegel, Eliot L Rubin, Daniel L Langlotz, Curtis P
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Radiology procedure codes are a fundamental part of most radiology workflows, such as ordering, scheduling, billing, and image interpretation. Nonstandardized unstructured procedure codes have typically been used in radiology departments. Such codes may be sufficient for specific purposes, but they offer limited support for interoperability. As rad...
Chang, Stephanie T Menias, Christine O Lubner, Meghan G Mellnick, Vincent M Hara, Amy K Desser, Terry S
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Targeted cancer therapies encompass an exponentially growing number of agents that involve a myriad of molecular pathways. To excel within this rapidly changing field of clinical oncology, radiologists must eschew traditional organ system-based approaches of cataloging adverse effects in favor of a conceptual framework that incorporates molecular m...
Tseng, Hsiang-Jer Henry, Travis S Veeraraghavan, Srihari Mittal, Pardeep K Little, Brent P
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Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) provide important quantitative information about lung function and can be used to elucidate pathologic conditions responsible for respiratory symptoms, assess the severity and course of disease, and evaluate the patient for suitability and timing for lung transplantation. They are typically used in tandem with chest ...
Iraha, Yuko Okada, Masahiro Iraha, Rin Azama, Kimei Yamashiro, Tsuneo Tsubakimoto, Maho Aoki, Yoichi Murayama, Sadayuki
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Gynecologic emergencies include various diseases that result from adnexal and uterine disorders. Adnexal disorders may be classified into the following three categories: (a) disorders that cause hemorrhage (hemorrhagic ovarian cysts and ectopic pregnancies); (b) disorders related to adnexal tumors (adnexal torsion and rupture of ovarian tumors); an...
