Evaluation of the stereotactic 8G vacuum-assisted breast biopsy in the histologic evaluation of suspicious mammography findings (BI-RADS IV).

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential of the new 8G stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (ST-driver, Mammotome; Ethicon Endosurgery) in the histologic evaluation of BI-RADS IV microcalcifications.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-eight patients with 61 mammographic BI-RADS IV microcalcifications underwent stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (SVAB). The new 8G system was mounted on the ST driver, which was formerly used only with the hand-held version under sonographic guidance.

Value of electrical impedance scanning (EIS) in the evaluation of BI-RADS III/IV/V-lesions.

Two hundred and fifty-six (256) patients (72% preoperative, 28% pre-Mammotome) were prospectively examined with EIS using the TS 2000 (TransScan Research and Development Center, Israel; temporarily distributed by Siemens, Erlangen) with the "LOS"-software (level of suspicion). All exams were performed with the targeted scan probe, the observer knowing all clinical and imaging facts. The area of the lesions was examined with EIS at least with 5 single scans.

Multi-detector row CT versus coronary angiography: preoperative evaluation before totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting.

Purpose: To assess multi-detector row spiral computed tomography (CT) for preoperative evaluation of patients undergoing totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting and to correlate the data with coronary angiographic and intraoperative findings.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-six patients preoperatively underwent multi-detector row CT (4 x 1-mm collimation, pitch of 1.5, 500-msec rotation time, retrospective electrocardiographic gating, 1.

MR-guided laser-induced thermotherapy with a cooled power laser system: a case report of a patient with a recurrent carcinoid metastasis in the breast.

We report a case of a 52-year-old woman with a palpable recurrent metastasis of a neuroendocrine carcinoma to the upper outer quadrant of the right breast. For the treatment of this lesion, MR-guided laser-induced thermotherapy was performed with a cooled power laser system (Nd:YAG-Laser). An open 0.

Techniques for the detection of coronary atherosclerosis: multi-detector row CT coronary angiography.

Purpose: To investigate the accuracy of different computed tomographic (CT) reformation techniques in assessing the coronary arteries.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-four patients undergoing both multi-detector row CT and invasive coronary angiography were consecutively included in a retrospective study. CT scans were obtained with collimation of 4 x 1 mm, pitch of 1.