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Giant cell arteritis-related stroke in a large inception cohort: A comparative study
CONCLUSIONS: The location of stroke and assessment of ECU results and CRP level could help improve the prognosis of GCA-related stroke by bringing this condition to the clinician's attention more quickly, thus shortening diagnostic delay.PMID:35512621 | DOI:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152020
Source: Atherosclerosis - May 5, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Simon Parreau St éphanie Dumonteil Francisco Macian Montoro Guillaume Gondran Holy Bezanahary Sylvain Palat Kim-Heang Ly Anne-Laure Fauchais Eric Liozon Source Type: research

7 medtech stories we missed this week: Feb. 24, 2017
[Photo from unsplash.com]Several companies made distribution deals this week, while others received approval for their products. Here are 7 medtech stories we missed this week but were still worth mentioning. 1. Israel OKs E-Qure’s BST device for chronic wounds E-Qure Corp. announced this week that it received marketing approval for its Bio-electrical Signal Therapy Device (BST Device) from the Israeli Ministry of Health, according to a Feb. 24 news release. BST is an electrotherapeutic method for treating chronic wounds. E-Qure will begin marketing its device in Israel by activating a signed distribution agreement with...
Source: Mass Device - February 24, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Danielle Kirsh Tags: Electronic Medical Records Imaging Mergers & Acquisitions mHealth (Mobile Health) Regulatory/Clearance Align Technology Clarius Mobile Health Corin Group E-Qure Henry Schein Medical Nexstim Skyline Medical Source Type: news

Rapidly Fatal Internal Carotid Artery Mycotic Aneurysm Rupture in a Rheumatoid Patient Taking a TNF-α Inhibitor: Case Report and Literature Review
Conclusions Although fungal mycotic aneurysms of the ICA are rare, their incidence may increase with the expanded use of immunosuppressive medications. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who take potent immunosuppression regimens may be prime candidates for mycotic aneurysms because they often have two favoring conditions: atherosclerosis and immunosuppression. These ICA aneurysms carry a high mortality rate, so early diagnosis and aggressive therapy, potentially by endovascular trapping/vessel occlusion coupled with long-term antifungal therapy, is essential.[...]Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Th...
Source: Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A: Central European Neurosurgery - July 21, 2014 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Bowers, Christian A.Saad, DanyClegg, Daniel O.Ng, PerryClayton, FredericHaydoura, SouhaSchmidt, Richard H. Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

What is the Remission Rate for Antithyroid Drug Treatment for Hyperthyroidism in Children?
Discussion The thyroid gland secrets two hormones – T4 which is a prohormone and T3 which is the biologically active hormone. Receptors for T3 are found in nearly all body tissues. T3 regulates metabolism and energy production. Organs most affected are the heart, liver and central nervous system as well as growth of the fetus and child. Hyperthyroidism is common with a prevalence rate of about 1-2% for women and 0.2% for men. The most common cause of thyrotoxicosis is Grave’s disease where autoantibodies to thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) exist. These autoantibodies attach to thyroid tissue TSH receptors and...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 26, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Causes of changes in carotid intima-media thickness: a literature review
Atherosclerosis causes significant morbidity and mortality. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) predicts future cardiovascular and ischaemic stroke incidence. CIMT, a measure of atherosclerotic disease, can be reliably determined in vivo by carotid ultrasound. In this review, we determined that CIMT is associated with traditional cardiovascular risk factors such as age, sex, race, smoking, alcohol consumption, habitual endurance exercise, blood pressure, dyslipidemia, dietary patterns, risk-lowering drug therapy, glycemia, hyperuricemia, obesity-related anthropometric parameters, obesity and obesity-related diseases. We ...
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - December 15, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Baoge QuTao Qu Source Type: research

Association of galectin ‐3 with markers of myocardial function, atherosclerosis, and vascular fibrosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
ConclusionsIn a relatively well ‐controlled cohort of RA patients with low‐grade systemic inflammation and long‐standing disease, serum galectin‐3 might be useful as a marker of cardiac function and cardiovascular fibrosis.
Source: Clinical Cardiology - November 27, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Panagiota Anyfanti, Eugenia Gkaliagkousi, Eleni Gavriilaki, Areti Triantafyllou, Panagiotis Dolgyras, Vasiliki Galanopoulou, Spyros Aslanidis, Stella Douma Tags: CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS Source Type: research

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Atherosclerosis Imaging and Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Using Machine and Deep Learning –Based Tissue Characterization
AbstractPurpose of the ReviewRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, autoimmune disease which may result in a higher risk of cardiovascular (CV) events and stroke. Tissue characterization and risk stratification of patients with rheumatoid arthritis are a challenging problem. Risk stratification of RA patients using traditional risk factor –based calculators either underestimates or overestimates the CV risk. Advancements in medical imaging have facilitated early and accurate CV risk stratification compared to conventional cardiovascular risk calculators.Recent FindingIn recent years, a link between carotid atheroscleros...
Source: Current Atherosclerosis Reports - January 25, 2019 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Plant-Derived Alkaloids: The Promising Disease-Modifying Agents for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Conclusion This paper summarizes the current findings regarding the anti-colitis activity of plant-derived alkaloids and shows how these alkaloids exhibit significant and beneficial effects in alleviating colonic inflammation. These natural alkaloids are not only promising agents for IBD treatment but are also components for developing new wonder drugs. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms or toxicological evaluation of most plant-derived alkaloids still require much scientific research, and their actual efficacies for IBD patients have not been verified well in field research. Thus, further clinical trials to elu...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - April 11, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Age Well with Smart HealthTech
America is going gray. According to U.S. Census data, in 2030 even the youngest Baby Boomers will have reached 65, and older Americans will make up 21 percent of the population. That’s up from 15 percent today. By 2060, nearly a quarter of Americans will be at least 65 and a half million will reach age 100. These changing demographics give urgency to the concept of “aging in place.” Nobody wants to lose their independence, but that’s the reality for many who are forced from their homes by cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes or other chron...
Source: MDDI - August 19, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Stephanie Van Ness Tags: Digital Health Source Type: news

AI comparable to rads for interpreting wrist x-rays
An artificial intelligence (AI) deep-learning algorithm performs comparably...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Ultrasound can benefit daily rheumatology practice Skip ultrasound for treatment decisions in rheumatoid arthritis AI accurately estimates bone age on 3D hand MRI AI can detect, localize fractures on wrist x-rays Ultrasound imaging gauges muscle tightness after stroke
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 17, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Cardiovascular disease detection using machine learning and carotid/femoral arterial imaging frameworks in rheumatoid arthritis patients
AbstractThe study proposes a novel machine learning (ML) paradigm for cardiovascular disease (CVD) detection in individuals at medium to high cardiovascular risk using data from a Greek cohort of 542 individuals with rheumatoid arthritis, or diabetes mellitus, and/or arterial hypertension, using conventional or office-based, laboratory-based blood biomarkers and carotid/femoral ultrasound image-based phenotypes. Two kinds of data (CVD risk factors and presence of CVD —defined as stroke, or myocardial infarction, or coronary artery syndrome, or peripheral artery disease, or coronary heart disease) as ground truth, were co...
Source: Rheumatology International - January 11, 2022 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research

The Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Subacromial-Subdeltoid Bursa Combined With Long Head of the Biceps Tendon Sheath Corticosteroid Injection for Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
ConclusionThe combination of SASD bursa and LHBT sheath corticosteroid injection is superior to SASD bursa injection alone in reducing shoulder pain and improving functional activities in patients with HSP.Clinical Trial Registrationwww.chictr.org.cn, Unique identifier: ChiCTR2100047125.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - June 14, 2022 Category: Neurology Source Type: research