Publications by authors named "Mei-Chun Chou"

Globally, the incidence rate for breast cancer ranks first. Treatment for early-stage breast cancer is highly cost effective. Five-year survival rate for stage 0-2 breast cancer exceeds 90%.

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Objective: The rate of lung cancer in female patients is increasing, with different features from male patients being displayed. Hormonal factors could play a role. The association between the development of uterine myoma (UM) and female hormones has also been reported.

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Background: Recent studies have shown that left atrial (LA) volume is a sensitive morphophysiological indicator of the severity of LV dysfunction and may also be a useful index of cardiovascular risk. In this study, we performed comparisons among left atrial (LA) functional parameters for predicting age-related diastolic dysfunction.

Methods: Echocardiography was performed in 2248 healthy participants with a low possibility of heart disease according to the decennium of age, and reference values were established.

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Unlabelled: School dysfunction is observed in youths with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the factors moderating their school dysfunction have not been well explored. This study investigated school functions in youths with ASD in Taiwan, stratified by personal characteristics including demographics, ASD subtypes, intelligence profiles, and the presence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We recruited 160 youths (aged 6-18 years, 87.

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The present study evaluated the association of carbon monoxide intoxication (COI) with Parkinson disease (PD).A total of 9012 adults newly diagnosed with COI were enrolled in this study as the COI cohort. The control (non-COI) cohort, comprising 36,048 participants, was matched for each COI patient according to age, sex, and the year of hospitalization.

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Congenital coronary sinus anomalies are extremely rare, and they have received relatively little attention. This is probably due to the lack of both clinical symptoms and significant cardiac functional disturbance. We present two cases of a coronary sinus anomaly and briefly review the literature.

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Rationale And Objectives: Medical auditing of screening mammography is crucial to improving the quality of breast cancer care. Audit methodology and recommendations are well documented in the ACR's Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS). However, when screening a population with a lower incidence rate of breast cancer, performance recommendations should be adjusted for a better fit.

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Ruptured mycotic pulmonary pseudoaneurysm is a lethal complication. Emergent surgical repair is usually recommended, but still associated with a high mortality rate. We present a patient in whom mycotic pulmonary pseudoaneurysm was a complication after surgical lobectomy 2 weeks earlier.

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Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of plain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance (MR) arthrography for detecting collateral ligamentous injury of the ankle joint.

Methods: Fifty patients (October 2001 to November 2003) suffering from ankle disability who underwent plain MRI and MR arthrographic studies were enrolled in this study. The diagnostic criteria for ligament disruption on plain MRI included nonvisualization, disruption, waviness of the ligament, or coexistent avulsion fracture.

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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a potentially devastating neurologic syndrome, but timely treatment may lead to complete reversal of the disease course. We reviewed 12 cases of PRES and describe the clinical history and imaging findings, including conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), and calculated apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps, used to establish the diagnosis of PRES. Three male and nine female patients aged between 11 and 70 years (mean, 37 years) with clinical and imaging findings consistent with PRES were enrolled in the study.

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