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View article: Radiation Therapy Delivery During the 2023 Israel-Hamas War: Trust Prevails Over Fear
Radiation Therapy Delivery During the 2023 Israel-Hamas War: Trust Prevails Over Fear Open
Fear of war can pose a major pitfall in providing daily RT care. This obstacle may be potentially overridden by creating deep, trusting relationships between the patients and the medical staff.
View article: Mitral Regurgitation Severity Assessment after Transcutaneous Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair: Recommended Integration versus Volumetric Assessment Guidelines
Mitral Regurgitation Severity Assessment after Transcutaneous Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair: Recommended Integration versus Volumetric Assessment Guidelines Open
Objectives: This article aims to evaluate the accuracy of the color-Doppler-based technique to evaluate residual mitral regurgitation post TEER. Background: The evaluation of residual mitral regurgitation (MR) post-mitral transcutaneous ed…
View article: A Novel Prediction Tool for Endoscopic Intervention in Patients with Acute Upper Gastro-Intestinal Bleeding
A Novel Prediction Tool for Endoscopic Intervention in Patients with Acute Upper Gastro-Intestinal Bleeding Open
(1) Background: Predicting which patients with upper gastro-intestinal bleeding (UGIB) will receive intervention during urgent endoscopy can allow for better triaging and resource utilization but remains sub-optimal. Using machine learning…
View article: Mitral regurgitation severity assessment after percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair: guidelines-recommended integration versus volumetric assessment
Mitral regurgitation severity assessment after percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair: guidelines-recommended integration versus volumetric assessment Open
Background Percutaneous edge-to edge mitral valve repair (PMVr) using the MitraClip device is a common method for treating mitral regurgitation (MR) when mitral valve operation is contra-indicated or deemed too risky. The evaluation of res…
View article: Spine radiosurgery: lessons learned from the first 100 treatment sessions
Spine radiosurgery: lessons learned from the first 100 treatment sessions Open
OBJECTIVE Local therapy to spine tumors has been shown to be effective in selected cases. Spinal radiosurgery (SRS) is an evolving radiotherapy regimen allowing for noninvasive, highly efficacious local treatment. The learning curve can co…