Publications by authors named "A Ganeshan"
Ovarian lesions are common and often incidentally detected. A critical shortage of expert ultrasound examiners has raised concerns of unnecessary interventions and delayed cancer diagnoses. Deep learning has shown promising results in the detection of ovarian cancer in ultrasound images; however, external validation is lacking.
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- The BASIL-2 trial compared outcomes between two revascularisation strategies for patients with chronic limb threatening ischaemia, finding that those who underwent vein bypass (VB) had a higher mortality rate than those who received best endovascular treatment (BET) over a median follow-up of 40 months.
- A panel of experts determined the primary causes of death for 151 out of 168 deceased participants, establishing that 35% of deaths in the VB group were likely cardiac compared to 21% in the BET group.
- The study revealed that participants in both groups had a notable history of heart issues (such as myocardial infarction and previous procedures), but no significant variations in treatment effects on cause of death were observed among patients
Background: Chronic limb-threatening ischaemia is the severest manifestation of peripheral arterial disease and presents with ischaemic pain at rest or tissue loss (ulceration, gangrene, or both), or both. We compared the effectiveness of a vein bypass first with a best endovascular treatment first revascularisation strategy in terms of preventing major amputation and death in patients with chronic limb threatening ischaemia who required an infra-popliteal, with or without an additional more proximal infra-inguinal, revascularisation procedure to restore limb perfusion.
Methods: Bypass versus Angioplasty for Severe Ischaemia of the Leg (BASIL)-2 was an open-label, pragmatic, multicentre, phase 3, randomised trial done at 41 vascular surgery units in the UK (n=39), Sweden (n=1), and Denmark (n=1).
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- The study found that venous thromboembolism (VTE) was more common in patients with severe COVID-19, leading researchers to investigate DVT incidence and related factors in a retrospective analysis.
- A total of 819 ultrasound scans were conducted on 762 patients, revealing a DVT prevalence of 16.1%, which was significantly higher than the previous year's rate of 11.5%.
- Clinical symptoms associated with COVID-19 and personal history of VTE were linked to positive DVT diagnoses, indicating that SARS-CoV-2 tests should influence the decision-making process for DVT work-up and imaging prioritization.
Background: Percutaneous vascular interventions are performed for the treatment of haemoptysis and involve embolization of bronchial arteries, pulmonary arteries and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. There are isolated reports of embolization of pseudoaneurysms forming in the pulmonary vasculature. The migration of components of the coils used in the embolization of vascular pulmonary pathologies is rare.
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