Subclinical hepatic encephalopathy (SHE) is assumed to have a negative effect on patients'
daily functioning; therefore, treatment is recommended. However, no studies have been …

PURPOSE: To retrospectively quantify right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) and the pulmonary
artery obstruction index at helical computed tomography (CT) on the basis of various …

OBJECTIVE: Subclinical hepatic encephalopathy may have prognostic significance with
regard to the development of clinical hepatic encephalopathy and survival. METHODS: We …

The purpose of this study was to determine non-invasively the frequency of ectopic bronchial
arteries (BA) (ie, bronchial arteries originating at a level of the descending aorta other than …

In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), differentiating a pulmonary
embolism (PE) from an exacerbation of COPD can be difficult, since clinical signs and …

Purpose To assess whether chest computed tomography (CT) scores from ultra-low-dose
end-expiratory scans alone could suffice for assessment of all cystic fibrosis (CF)-related …

Computed tomography angiography (CTA) of the pulmonary arteries has become the main
diagnostic test for the evaluation of pulmonary embolism (PE). Not only due to the good …

… systematically with the Baumann and Hartmann methods. … In both the Hartmann and
Baumann scoring method, the … Overall, the reproducibility of the Hartmann method appears to be …

In the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE) two groups of patients are traditionally identified,
namely the hemodynamically stable and instable groups. However, in the large group of …

81m Kr is widely used as a ventilation agent to diagnose pulmonary embolism (PE).
However, 81m Kr is expensive, which limits its continuous availability. Technegas can be an …