Prognostic and therapeutic implications of low aortic valve calcium score in patients with low gradient aortic stenosis.

Introduction: Low gradient (LG) aortic stenosis (AS) poses a diagnostic challenge. Aortic valve calcium score (AVCS) assessment has emerged as a complementary diagnostic method when echocardiography provides discordant results. However, the diagnostic and prognostic value of AVCS in LGAS has not been thoroughly studied.

Qualitative and quantitative image quality of coronary CT angiography using photon-counting computed tomography: Standard and Ultra-high resolution protocols.

Purpose: We aimed to identify the optimal reconstruction settings based on qualitative and quantitative image quality parameters on standard and ultra-high resolution (UHR) images using photon-counting CT (PCCT).

Method: We analysed 45 patients, 29 with standard and 16 with UHR acquisition, applying both smoother and sharper kernel settings. Coronary CT angiography images were performed on a dual-source PCCT system using standard (0.

Low-attenuation coronary plaque burden and troponin release in chronic coronary syndrome: A mediation analysis.

Background: Coronary low-attenuation plaque (LAP) burden is a strong predictor of myocardial infarction in patients with stable chest pain. We aimed to assess the relationship between LAP burden and circulating levels of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT), and to explore the potential underlying etiology in patients undergoing clinically indicated coronary CT angiography (CCTA).

Methods: A comprehensive metabolic and lipid panel, as well as C-reactive protein (CRP) and hs-cTnT tests were obtained from consecutive patients with stable chest pain at the time of CCTA.

Association between Hyperglycemia and Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (MRONJ).

Background: Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is a type of jawbone necrosis caused by the use of drugs for some types of cancer and osteoporosis. The current study aimed to evaluate the associations between hyperglycemia and the development of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw.

Methods: Our research group investigated data collected between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2020.

Paraneoplastic Kelch-like protein 11 antibody-associated cerebellar and limbic encephalitis caused by metastatic "burned-out" seminoma - A scar(r)y phenomenon.

Introduction: The diagnosis of paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes is challenging when the primary tumor masquerades as scar tissue (i.e. "burned-out").