The Neuropathy Score Reporting and Data System (NS-RADS) was validated by radiologists from varying experience levels with good interrater agreement, experts reported in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
An example of a noninvasive coronary CT scan on the left and an invasive angiogram of the same patient on the right from a recent RSNA study. The CT shows more information on the calcified nature of the plaque and shows more anatomical information beyond what the angiogram provides. Image courtesy of RSNA
The new analysis focused on data from 16 different European countries.
David Bennett with two of his physical therapists at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Surgeons transplanted a modified pig heart into Bennett on Jan. 7. Image courtesy of UMMC.
The 57-year-old patient is working with physical therapists on a daily basis, according to a recent update from the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Imaging practices more likely to utilize NPPs are in urban areas, larger in size, and have a higher percentage of IR specialists, experts wrote in JACR.
“Good harmony” is the way John P. Erwin III, MD, describes the synergy of the 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease (VHD) released in August along with the ACC/AHA guidelines that rolled in December 2020.
Cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) can be used to significantly improve mortality and hospitalization rates among older heart failure patients. CRT-D illustration courtesy of Boston Scientific.
The study's authors said CRT use among older patients represents a "major gap in knowledge."
