Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Patients with Cardiac Electronic Devices: Evidence from a Multicenter Study.

Background: Most recent cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) can safely undergo a cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) scan under certain conditions, but metal artifacts may degrade image quality. The aim of this study was to assess the overall diagnostic yield of CMR and the extent of metal artifacts in a multicenter, multivendor study on CIED patients referred for CMR.

Methods: We analyzed 309 CMR scans from 292 patients (age 57 ± 16 years, 219 male) with an MR-conditional pacemaker ( = 122), defibrillator (n = 149), or loop recorder (n = 38); CMR scans were performed in 10 centers from 2012 to 2020; MR-unsafe implants were excluded.

Pulse-dose radiofrequency treatment in pain management-initial experience.

Radiofrequency procedures have been used for treating various chronic pain conditions for decades. These minimally invasive percutaneous treatments employ an alternating electrical current with oscillating radiofrequency wavelengths to eliminate or alter pain signals from the targeted site. The aim of the continuous radiofrequency procedure is to increase the temperature sufficiently to create an irreversible thermal lesion on nerve fibres and thus permanently interrupt pain signals.

Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Radiofrequency for the Treatment of Morton's Neuroma.

Purpose: Morton's neuroma (MN) is a leading cause of disability. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of radiofrequency (RF) in patients with chronic pain refractory to conservative therapies.

Methods: Between September 2012 and December 2016, RF was performed on 52 patients.

Pulse-Dose Radiofrequency in Athletic Pubalgia: Preliminary Results.

Context: Chronic pubalgia affects around 10% of athletes.

Objective: To determine the role of pulse-dose radiofrequency (PDRF) in athletes with chronic pubalgia and investigate the causes with imaging.

Design: Prospective nonrandomized single-group study.

Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis treatment with Aperius™ PerCLID™ system and Falena® interspinous spacers: 1-year follow-up of clinical outcome and quality of life.

Purpose: Evaluation of the efficacy of the Falena(®) and Aperius™ PerCLID™ interspinous devices in the treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic intermittent claudication refractory to conservative treatment.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 24 patients (20 male and 4 female patients; 61 ± 7 years old), treated with an implantation of the AperiusTM PerCLID™ system, and from 35 patients (29 male and 6 female patients; 65 ± 9 years old) treated with the Falena(®) interspinous device.Patient pain intensity was evaluated by a 10-point visual analog scale (VAS), with a score (ranging from 0 = no pain to 10 = unbearable pain) that was collected before the procedure, at baseline; and at months 1, 6 and 12 after the interventional procedure.

Pulse-dose radiofrequency can reduce chronic pain in trapezio-metacarpal osteoarthritis: A mini-invasive therapeutic approach.

Aim: To assess the efficiency of pulse-dose radiofrequency (PDRF) in the management of chronic pain in patients with trapezio-metacarpal osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods: Seventy-five patients with trapezio-metacarpal OA were treated with the PDRF between October 2011 and September 2013. A 22-gauge cannula with a 5-cm length was introduced with percutaneous access in the lateral region of the affected trapezio-metacarpal joint.

Management of pain on hallux valgus with percutaneous intra-articular Pulse-Dose Radiofrequency.

Aim: The purpose of our study was to investigate the role of intra-articular pulse-dose radiofrequency in management of painful hallux valgus refractory to conservative therapies.

Method: Between November 2010 and April 2012, 51 patients (15 male, 36 female) with a median age of 71.4 years were included in our clinical trial.

CT-guided percutaneous pulse-dose radiofrequency for pudendal neuralgia.

Purpose: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the efficacy of computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous pulse-dose radiofrequency (PDRF) for the treatment of chronic pain in patients with pudendal neuralgia (PN) unresponsive to conservative approaches.

Methods: From March 2010 to January 2012, 30 patients with a diagnosis of PN were prospectively enrolled in the study, 18 women and 12 men (mean age 47 years). A 20-gauge cannula with a 10-cm length was placed under CT guide in the pudendal (Alcock's) canal.

Pulse-dose radiofrequency for knee osteoartrithis.

Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability in the elderly. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of pulse-dose radiofrequency (PDRF) in patients with chronic pain refractory to conservative therapies.

Material And Methods: Between January 2011 and November 2012, PDRF was performed on 40 patients.

Pancoast tumor: the role of magnetic resonance imaging.

We report imaging techniques in the definition of the therapeutic planning of a 65-year-old man with a diagnosis of Pancoast tumor. Computed Tomography has a pivotal role in the assessment of nodes involvement and distant metastasis. Magnetic Resonance allows a detailed study of locoregional extension for its high soft tissue resolution.