Publications by authors named "L Duus"
Background: Emerging terbinafine resistance in Trichophyton species has been reported globally. The prevalence in clinical samples from patients with treatment failure is unknown in Denmark.
Objectives: Prospective study of terbinafine resistance in Trichophyton isolates from patients with recalcitrant skin or nail infections.
Background: Cardiac power (CP) integrates echocardiographic and clinical parameters of hemodynamics, yet its prognostic value within the general population remains unexplored. This study investigated the association between CP and incident heart failure (HF) and cardiovascular (CV) death in the general population.
Methods: In this prospective cohort study, we measured CP in a total of 4022 individuals from the general population without prior HF.
Article Synopsis
- A study investigated cardiac health in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients compared to a matched control group, as advancements in CF treatments have increased life expectancy and the need for this research.
- Out of 104 participants with CF, 44% exhibited abnormal cardiac function, which was significantly higher than the controls, showing issues with both left and right ventricular functions.
- The study found that male sex and lower pulmonary function (measured by the FEV1/FVC ratio) were linked to worse cardiac performance in those with CF.
Percutaneous Image-Guided Cryoablation of Endophytic Renal Cell Carcinoma.
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol
April 2024
Purpose: Endophytic renal cancer treatment is a challenge. Due to difficulties in endophytic tumor visualization during surgical extirpation, image-guided percutaneous cryoablation (PCA) is an attractive alternative. The minimally invasive nature of PCA makes it favorable for comorbid patients as well as patients in which surgery is contraindicated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The objective of this study was to investigate renal function after robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) and percutaneous cryoablation (PCA) in clinical stage T1 (cT1) renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and evaluate the relationship between baseline renal function and renal functional outcome.
Material And Methods: Patients with cT1 RCC treated with RAPN or PCA were prospectively enrolled between June 2019 and January 2021. Renal function was evaluated using estimated glomerular filtration rate, Tc-99m diethylenetriamine-pentaacetate plasma clearance, Tc-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine renography, and renal volume at baseline and 6 months after treatment.