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View article: How Common Calcium is and its Short-Term Clinical Outcome in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography
How Common Calcium is and its Short-Term Clinical Outcome in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography Open
Background: Beyond traditional cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia, coronary artery calcium (CAC) deposition plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and serves …
View article: Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Colchicine and Anti–Interleukin‐1 Agents in Recurrent Pericarditis: A Pairwise and Network Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Colchicine and Anti–Interleukin‐1 Agents in Recurrent Pericarditis: A Pairwise and Network Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Open
Background The management of recurrent pericarditis includes colchicine and anti–interleukin‐1 agents, given the limited efficacy and adverse effects of NSAIDs and corticosteroids. We conducted a pairwise and network meta‐analysis to evalu…
View article: A novel risk-stratification model that predicts long-term clinical outcomes in patients with recurrent pericarditis
A novel risk-stratification model that predicts long-term clinical outcomes in patients with recurrent pericarditis Open
Background Recurrent Pericarditis (RP) is condition associated with significant debility and morbidity. Previous studies have identified variables such as elevated C-Reactive protein, corticosteroid usage, and presence of delayed hyper-enh…
View article: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Pericardial Disease: A Systematic Review
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Pericardial Disease: A Systematic Review Open
Introduction: Despite the growing use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in cancer treatment, data regarding ICI-associated pericardial disease are primarily derived from case reports and case series. ICI related pericardial disease can…
View article: Advances in Diagnosis and Therapeutics in Recurrent Autoimmune Pericarditis in Pregnancy
Advances in Diagnosis and Therapeutics in Recurrent Autoimmune Pericarditis in Pregnancy Open
Pericarditis in pregnancy is uncommon, and there is a paucity of data regarding the safety and efficacy of conventional therapy. We describe a complex case of recurrent pericarditis in the setting of pregnancy and newly diagnosed systemic …
View article: An Unusual Case of Parasitic Constrictive Pericarditis
An Unusual Case of Parasitic Constrictive Pericarditis Open
Parasitic constrictive pericarditis is a rare entity. We present a case of a 75-year-old man who presented with dyspnea, ascites, and pedal edema and was found to have constrictive pericarditis on multimodality imaging with positive serolo…
View article: A Rare Case of Constrictive Pericarditis
A Rare Case of Constrictive Pericarditis Open
A previously healthy 15-year-old adolescent female presented with dependent edema, ascites, and dyspnea on exertion. The result of her initial evaluation was consistent with constrictive pericarditis in the setting of local low-grade spind…
View article: Recurrent Pericardial Effusions and Pericarditis Due to Yellow Nail Syndrome
Recurrent Pericardial Effusions and Pericarditis Due to Yellow Nail Syndrome Open
A 79-year-old woman presents with recurrent pericardial and pleural effusions for several years. She was noted to have exudative pleural effusions and bilateral nailbed discoloration. The constellation of her presenting symptoms and existi…
View article: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Open
Parkinson’s disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder afflicting 10 million people worldwide and the fourteenth leading cause of death in the United States, is caused by the death of dopaminergic neurons that re…
View article: Precision medicine to identify optimal diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for Parkinson's Disease
Precision medicine to identify optimal diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for Parkinson's Disease Open
Objective: Parkinson's disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder afflicting 10 million people worldwide and the fourteenth leading cause of death in the United States, is caused by the death of dopaminergic neurons that re…
View article: The role of lumateperone in the treatment of schizophrenia
The role of lumateperone in the treatment of schizophrenia Open
Schizophrenia is a devastating mental disorder resulting in marked morbidity and mortality despite the optimal use of all currently available interventions. For this reason, the release of lumateperone (Captyla R ), also known as ITI-007, …
View article: Signal processing of quantitative continuous measurement of movements in the extremities
Signal processing of quantitative continuous measurement of movements in the extremities Open
"We hypothesized that (1) correlation of (A) the output of instrumentation to generate quantitative continuous measurements of movements and (B) the quantitative measurements of trained examiners using structured ratings of movements would…
View article: Nuclear neurotransmitter molecular imaging of autism spectrum disorder
Nuclear neurotransmitter molecular imaging of autism spectrum disorder Open
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of developmental disabilities characterized by marked deficits in social communication and interaction, including limited and repetitive patterns of behavior. We selected key nuclear neurotransmitt…