Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol (Engl Ed)
December 2024
Latin America (LA) is one of the regions in the world with the highest levels of overweight, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus, which, together with smoking and high blood pressure, are common risk factors for cardiovascular and oncological diseases. Chemotherapy (CT) and Radiotherapy (RT) have become two of the mainstays of treatment for several types of cancer. One of the most worrisome side effects generated by CT and RT is cardiotoxicity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The objective of the study is to describe the characteristics of our first cohort of amyloidosis in a Latin America cardiovascular reference center in Colombia.
Methods: This is a historic cohort study and data were taken from the electronic records of the Fundación Cardioinfantil-Instituto de cardiología; adult patients with a diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis were included and a descriptive analysis was presented.
Results: A total of 31 patients with amyloidosis were included.
Introduction: Hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HS) is a noninvasive imaging technique whose use in the follow-up of liver transplantation has not been duly documented. The main objective of this study is to describe the experience of using this technique to detect biliary complications in pediatric patients following liver transplantation.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective, observational, and descriptive study involving 86 pediatric patients who had undergone liver transplantation between 2013 and 2018.