Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) refers to a heterogenous group of cancers that originate in the proximal convoluted tubule of the kidney. The three most common forms of RCC are clear cell RCC ...

Keeping blood pressure under control is critical. For patients who have been unable to successfully maintain that control, there is a new, cutting-edge surgical procedure available at The Heart Center ...

Even a mild infection with COVID-19 can promote clogged arteries, increasing the risk of heart attack in some people, a new study says. Infection with the COVID-19 virus is associated with rapid ...

Rebecca P. Winsett, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. Judy C. Martin, PhD, APRN, Associate Professor, College of ...

On the other hand, high values (CVP > 12mmHg and PAOP > 18mmHg) may indicate a low FT capacity in certain clinical circumstances and are associated with an increased risk of peripheral edema, ascites, ...

Doppler ultrasound to assess radial artery patency will be performed at 30 days ... previous CABG surgery or previous stroke/transient ischaemic attack will also be collected. Renal function will be ...

Objective To determine the impact of ultrasound (US) intrinsic limitation to assess aortitis versus FDG-PET ... Only patients with GCA confirmed by US were included. Temporal arteries (TA) and ...

This study aimed to determine the clinical value of contemporary stress echocardiography (SE) in morbidly obese patients referred for assessment of suspected coronary artery disease (CAD ... The ...

Background: The 2022 EULAR guidelines state “Ultrasound of temporal and axillary arteries should be considered as the first imaging modality to investigate mural inflammatory changes in patients with ...

RDN involves the selective disruption of the sympathetic nerves located in the renal arteries. By ablating these nerves, RDN aims to reduce sympathetic activity, thereby lowering BP. The procedure is ...

“We’re going into the renal artery and doing renal denervation, and then going up into the [liver’s] hepatic artery and doing hepatic artery denervation because we have preclinical work that has shown ...