Epicardial adipose tissue in obesity with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance biomarker study.

Background: Obesity has become a serious public health issue, significantly elevating the risk of various complications. It is a well-established contributor to Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Evaluating HFpEF in obesity is crucial.

Changes in Radiology Due to Artificial Intelligence That Can Attract Medical Students to the Specialty.

The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology has grown exponentially in the recent years. One of the primary worries by medical students is that AI will cause the roles of a radiologist to become automated and thus obsolete. Therefore, there is a greater hesitancy by medical students to choose radiology as a specialty.

Distinguishing Between Gangrenous Cholecystitis and Ascending Cholangitis: A Case Study.

Gangrenous cholecystitis is a potentially fatal complication of acute cholecystitis that presents with right upper quadrant pain and sepsis. Due to the overlap in clinical features with ascending cholangitis, gangrenous cholecystitis can be easily misdiagnosed, resulting in treatment delay. While the gold standard of diagnosis of gangrenous cholecystitis is direct visualization during surgery and tissue sampling to pathology, some imaging features can guide the diagnosis to appropriate early surgical treatment of gangrenous cholecystitis.

Assessment of US Radiology Residency Program Websites in the COVID-19 Era.

Objective: To provide an updated evaluation of radiology residency program websites in light of virtual interviewing during the COVID-19 pandemic and encourage programs to improve the quality of their online website presence.

Methods: We evaluated the websites of 197 US radiology residency programs between November and December 2021 for the presence or absence of 30 metrics. The metrics chosen are those considered important by applicants when choosing a program and have been used in other similar papers.

Proteus-Like Syndrome: A Rare Phenotype of Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome.

The phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) is a collection of diseases stemming from mutations in the PTEN tumor suppressor gene and is characterized by variable expressivity and abnormal overgrowth in multiple body systems. Its clinical manifestations include, but are not limited to, lipomas, limb overgrowth, dermatologic lesions, and malignancy. The infrequency of occurrence and broadness of clinical presentation has made the diagnosis and differentiation of different subtypes of PHTS challenging.

Diffuse Cerebral Air Emboli After an Esophagogastroduodenoscopy One Month Post Left Atrial Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.

We present a case of a patient who presented to the emergency department with vague abdominal pain one month after undergoing a left atrial ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation. While in the emergency department, the patient started to have episodes of hematemesis. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) was performed and the patient become hypotensive and unresponsive after.