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Neurological Involvement in Primary Systemic Vasculitis
Conclusion Neurological involvement is a common complication of PSV (Table 1), and neurologists play an important role in the identification and diagnosis of PSV patients with otherwise unexplained neurological symptoms as their chief complaint. This article summarizes the neurological manifestations of PSV and hopes to improve neuroscientists' understanding of this broad range of diseases. TABLE 1 Table 1. Common CNS and PNS involvements of primary systemic vasculitis. Author Contributions SZ conceived the article and wrote the manuscript. DY and GT reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors ...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Plasma Metal Concentrations and Incident Coronary Heart Disease in Chinese Adults: The Dongfeng-Tongji Cohort
Conclusions: Our study suggested that incident CHD was positively associated with plasma levels of titanium and arsenic, and inversely associated with selenium. Additional research is needed to confirm these findings in other populations. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1521 Received: 22 December 2016 Revised: 17 September 2017 Accepted: 19 September 2017 Published: 19 October 2017 Address correspondence to T. Wu, or A. Pan, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 13 Hongkong Rd., Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China. Telephone: +86-27-83692347. Email: wut@mails.tjmu.edu.cn or p...
Source: EHP Research - October 20, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Research Source Type: research

Answers to Epilogue questions
AnswersQuestion 1: C Unenhanced CT examination of the brain revealed extensive thrombosis in the superior sagittal, straight and left transverse sinuses (figure 1). The CT angiogram (figure 2) confirmed venous thrombosis and an arterial infarct. It revealed complete occlusion of left internal carotid artery and segmental vasculopathy, affecting multiple intracranial and extracranial vessels of both the anterior and posterior circulation along with an aneurysmal ascending aorta. The contrast-enhanced CT scan demonstrated a filling defect of the superior sagittal sinus with minimal peripheral contrast enhancement, known as t...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Education and Practice - May 17, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Mundada, V., Krishnakumar, D., Chitre, M., Das, T. Tags: Journalology, Eye Diseases, Stroke, Diet, Ophthalmology, Child and adolescent psychiatry (paedatrics), Radiology, Disability, Rheumatology, Dermatology, Clinical diagnostic tests, Radiology (diagnostics), Competing interests (ethics), Metabolic disorders Source Type: research

Abstract 323: Standardized Triggers for Catheterization Laboratory Morbidity and Mortality Case Review Session Title: Poster Session III
Conclusions: We present a 10-year experience with the use of objective triggers to identify cases for M&M review. This method identifies challenging cases of educational value and could be immediately implemented to strengthen national catheterization laboratory quality improvement programs.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - April 29, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Doll, J. A., Patel, M. R., Sketch, M. H., Harrison, J. K., Tcheng, J. E. Tags: Session Title: Poster Session III Source Type: research