Publications by authors named "Stephanie Vandeventer"
Article Synopsis
- - The study evaluated the effectiveness of CT venography (CTV) in diagnosing venous thromboembolism (VTE) in women during the postpartum period across 14 hospitals from 2016 to 2020.
- - A total of 123 women were analyzed, revealing that CTV helped identify additional cases of VTE that CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) missed, increasing the detection rate from 5.7% to 12.2%.
- - While CTV improved VTE detection, it also resulted in higher radiation exposure compared to CTPA alone, which raises considerations for clinical practice when managing postpartum PE.
Purpose: To make clear distinction between two radiological types of uterine sarcomas.
Methods: 50 preoperative MRI were analyzed retrospectively, blinded to histopathology: 11 endometrial stromal sarcomas (ESS), 19 leiomyosarcomas (LMS), 18 carcinosarcomas/malignant mixed Mullerian tumors (MMMT), and 2 smooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP).
Results: According to their locations, two radiological types of sarcomas were identified: type 1: intracavitary (ESS, MMMT) and type 2: intramyometrial (LMS, STUMP).
Background: This study sought to compare the intensity of early-phase myocardial uptake of two phosphonate-based radiotracers, Tc-hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (HMDP) and Tc-3,3-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic acid (DPD), in patients with hereditary transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis (TTR-CA).
Methods: Six patients with biopsy-proven diagnosis of TTR-CA and characteristic amyloid fibril composition underwent early-phase Tc-HMDP myocardial scintigraphy as part of their routine workup; they were later assessed by Tc-DPD scintigraphy after having signed informed written consent. Heart-to-mediastinum-ratio was measured at both time points as well as regional distribution on 17-segment analysis.