Health Disparities in Exercise Performance in Patients with Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot.

Black patients with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) have higher mortality than White patients. Health disparities related to other patient-important outcomes, such as exercise performance, have not been studied in this population. We aimed to determine if there are racial disparities related to exercise performance in patients with TOF and to investigate possible mediators of those disparities.

Comparison of scattered entrance skin dose burden in MSCT, CBCT, and X-ray for suspected scaphoid injury: Regional dose measurements in a phantom model.

Introduction: Scaphoid radiography has poor sensitivity for acute fracture detection and often requires repeat delayed imaging. Although magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is considered the gold standard, computed tomography (CT) is often used as an alternative due to ease of access. Cone-Beam CT (CBCT) offers equivalent diagnostic efficacy to Multi Slice CT (MSCT) at reduced dose.

Scaffold Thrombosis After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With ABSORB Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the risk of scaffold thrombosis (ST) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with placement of an ABSORB bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, California) by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: PCI with BVS placement holds great potential, but concern has recently been raised regarding the risk of ST.

Methods: MEDLINE/PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL, and meeting abstracts were searched for all studies that included outcomes data for patients after PCI with BVS placement.

A rare case report of tumoral calcinosis syndrome in an adult with rheumatoid arthritis.

Tumoral calcinosis is a rare benign disease entity that mimics a neoplasm and is manifested by calcium deposition in the soft tissues around the large joints. It can be primary or secondary to renal failure and hyperparathyroidism. This is, to our knowledge, the first reported case of tumoral calcinosis in a Hispanic male with rheumatoid arthritis.