Endoscopic polidocanol foam sclerobanding for treatment of internal hemorrhoids: A novel outpatient procedure.

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Assessment of late gadolinium enhancement-negative chronic total occlusion by longitudinal strain analysis using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

Background: Strain analysis has become commonly used in clinical practice in various heart diseases.

Purpose: To explore whether late gadolinium enhancement (LGE)-negative areas with coronary artery chronic total occlusion (CTO) appear normal when analyzed for longitudinal strain using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging.

Material And Methods: A total of 16 patients and 31 healthy controls who underwent 1.

Tumor size measured by multidetector CT in resectable colon cancer: correlation with regional lymph node metastasis and N stage.

Background: Lymph node metastasis (LNM) is a risk factor for poor long-term outcomes and a prognostic factor for disease-free survival in colon cancer. Preoperative lymph node status evaluation remains a challenge. The purpose of this study is to determine whether tumor size measured by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) could be used to predict LNM and N stage in colon cancer.

Myocardium microcirculation study in a healthy Chinese population using 3.0-T cardiac magnetic resonance intravoxel incoherent motion imaging.

Background: Intravoxel incoherent motion imaging (IVIM) can non-invasively evaluate diffusion and microvascular perfusion.

Purpose: To explore the myocardium microcirculation of a healthy Chinese population by using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) IVIM.

Material And Methods: A total of 80 healthy volunteers (44 men, 36 women) who underwent 3.

Clinicopathological and Prognostic Value of Gastric Carcinoma Highly Expressed Transcript 1 in Cancer: A Meta-Analysis.

Background: Long noncoding RNA gastric cancer highly expressed transcript 1 (lncRNA GHET1) is often reported to be abnormally expressed in multiple cancers, but the situation is different in different cancers. Therefore, a meta-analysis is necessary to clarify the value of lncRNA GHET1 as a prognostic indicator in cancer.

Methods: Relevant research studies on lncRNA GHET1 and cancer were retrieved from three electronic literature databases of Web of Science, PubMed, and OVID.

Significance of lncRNA in predicting the prognosis for Chinese patients with cancer: a meta-analysis.

It is important to clarify the significance of long noncoding RNA MIR31 host gene (lncRNA ) in predicting the prognosis for malignant tumors through meta-analysis. Electronic databases were systemically searched, from inception until 2 January 2019, to identify related articles. Meanwhile, the hazard ratios (odds ratios) and 95% CIs were computed for exploring the association between the expression of lncRNA and the survival (pathological variables).

Preoperative Noninvasive Radiomics Approach Predicts Tumor Consistency in Patients With Acromegaly: Development and Multicenter Prospective Validation.

Prediction of tumor consistency before surgery is of vital importance to determine individualized therapeutic schemes for patients with acromegaly. The present study was performed to noninvasively predict tumor consistency based on magnetic resonance imaging and radiomics analysis. In total, 158 patients with acromegaly were randomized into the primary cohort ( = 100) and validation cohort ( = 58).

Evaluation of myocardial microcirculation using intravoxel incoherent motion imaging.

Purpose: To explore whether cardiac magnetic resonance-intravoxel incoherent motion imaging (MR-IVIM) is feasible for the clinical evaluation of myocardial microcirculation.

Materials And Methods: The study included 30 patients (with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or combined diabetes and hypertension) and 34 healthy volunteers. MR-IVIM with a maximum gradient strength of 50 mT/m was performed on the left ventricular short axis (apex, middle, and base), using multiple b values (0-500 s/mm ) on a 3.