NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Magnetic guidewire navigation is feasible in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to results of a noninferiority trial performed in the Netherlands. Moreover,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nearly all patients have complications from chemoradiation for head and neck cancer, a study in the Archives of Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stent-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysms significantly reduces angiographic recurrence, new research shows. But using stents also increases the risk of permanent neurologic complications…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Full assessment of carotid artery plaques requires more than one imaging modality, say researchers from the Netherlands. “Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging allows…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For diagnosing pulmonary embolism, single-photon emission CT (SPECT) lung scintigraphy is a viable alternative to CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA), and it offers advantages…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Core needle biopsies seem almost as accurate as open biopsy in detecting breast cancer, and less prone to complications, a meta-analysis has found.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ultrasound is a reliable means of screening for tethered cord syndrome in infants with dorsal midline skin stigmata, new research shows. However, such…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For a palpable breast mass with benign features on ultrasound, short-term follow-up is a reasonable alternative to immediate biopsy, particularly in a young…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that when noncalcified lung nodules are detected by computed tomography (CT), assessment of their volume and volume-doubling time with repeat…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute MI is associated with a lower risk of major bleeding and other adverse events than transfemoral…