Publications by authors named "J Tanabe"
Article Synopsis
- Resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) is gaining traction in clinical settings for brain mapping, but faces challenges with standardization, reliability, and interpretation of results across different medical centers.
- Key issues include variability in cognitive network representation and the effects of neurovascular uncoupling, which affect the accuracy of language lateralization and overall connectivity detection.
- Despite these challenges, rs-fMRI is viewed as a valuable complement to task-based fMRI (tb-fMRI) in clinical presurgical contexts and is expected to grow in use as solutions to its limitations are developed.
Purpose: The safety and efficacy of Woven EndoBridge (WEB) treatment has been proven. However, only a few standard techniques for safe and versatile WEB deployment have been described in the literature. In this study, we introduce the "make a flower bud and push at neck" technique to achieve safety and versatility during WEB treatment, referred to simply as the "flower bud" technique.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTranscranial focused ultrasound (FUS) is a versatile, MR-guided, incisionless intervention with diagnostic and therapeutic applications for neurologic and psychiatric diseases. It is currently FDA-approved as a thermoablative treatment of essential tremor and Parkinson disease. However, other applications of FUS including BBB opening for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, sonodynamic therapy, histotripsy, and low-intensity focused ultrasound neuromodulation are all in clinical trials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCorrection of Hemitruncus in an Adult Patient Alleviated Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula in the Affected Lung.
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg
January 2025
Article Synopsis
- A 36-year-old adult was diagnosed with an unusual heart condition where the right pulmonary artery originated from the aorta, along with pulmonary hypertension and moderate mitral regurgitation.
- During a preoperative procedure, an echocardiogram revealed a right pulmonary arteriovenous fistula, indicating abnormal blood flow between the pulmonary artery and left atrium.
- After surgical reconstruction of the right pulmonary artery with a Dacron graft, significant improvements were observed; six months later, the fistula decreased, and both pulmonary arterial pressure and mitral regurgitation improved dramatically.