NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Tc-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) renal scanning is not an accurate test for identifying children with dilating vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), suggest results of a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing pulmonary vein isolation, the use of a multielectrode phased RF ablation catheter designed for the purpose appears…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Not all abdominal gunshot wounds should be treated with an immediate laparotomy, trauma surgeons from Massachusetts General Hospital conclude based on their 11-year…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of the radioprotective agent amifostine to reduce xerostomia and other side effects in cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy does not decrease survival,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with impaired renal function, the type of nonionic contrast agent used for coronary angiography seems to make little difference to the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients seen in the emergency department with chest pain, cardiac CT findings predict their risk for major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There’s now one more reason for statin loading before percutaneous coronary intervention. As well as reducing myocardial damage, high-dose atorvastatin given shortly before…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) –The theoretical advantages of stereotactic radiation therapy for treating tumors in the body have yet to be confirmed clinically — despite its widespread use…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Routine repeat computed tomography (CT) scans aren’t necessary in patients with traumatic head injury who don’t have deteriorating neurological status, concludes a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vascular complication rates are higher with an antegrade rather than retrograde femoral approach to percutaneous endovascular procedures in the lower extremities, a Michigan…