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Am. J. Roentgenol. 187: 265.

Review of Current Literature

REVIEW OF CURRENT LITERATURE
A current listing of articles appearing in non-radiology journals that covers topics of interest to radiologists. All articles are substantive research or review articles

APRIL 2008

ABDOMINAL IMAGING
Arch Surg. 2008 Mar;143(3):275-80; discussion 281.
Treatment decision making in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: multidisciplinary team discussion with multidetector-row computed tomography.
Furukawa H, Uesaka K, Boku N.
Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
PMID: 18347275 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

CARDIAC IMAGING
N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 27;358(13):1336-45.
Comment in: N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 27;358(13):1394-6.
Coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events in four racial or ethnic groups.
Detrano R, Guerci AD, Carr JJ, Bild DE, Burke G, Folsom AR, Liu K, Shea S, Szklo M, Bluemke DA, O'Leary DH, Tracy R, Watson K, Wong ND, Kronmal RA.
Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
robert@chinacal.org
PMID: 18367736 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

CHEST IMAGING
J Clin Oncol. 2008 Mar 20;26(9):1459-64.
Prognostic value of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging in patients with advanced-stage non-small-cell lung carcinoma.
Hoang JK, Hoagland LF, Coleman RE, Coan AD, Herndon JE 2nd, Patz EF Jr.
Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
PMID: 18349396 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

GENITOURINARY IMAGING
CMAJ. 2008 Mar 25;178(7):855-62.
Comment in:CMAJ. 2008 Mar 25;178(7):867-9.
Diagnostic accuracy of tests for lymph node status in primary cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Selman TJ, Mann C, Zamora J, Appleyard TL, Khan K.
Department of Reproductive and Child Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
taraselman@blueyonder.co.uk
PMID: 18362381 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
JAMA. 2008 Apr 9;299(14):1669-77.
Comment in: JAMA. 2008 Apr 9;299(14):1716-8.
Chemoembolization combined with radiofrequency ablation for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma larger than 3 cm: a randomized controlled trial.
Cheng BQ, Jia CQ, Liu CT, Fan W, Wang QL, Zhang ZL, Yi CH.
Department of Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital School of Medicine, Jinan, China.
dcbq@sohu.com
PMID: 18398079 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Am J Surg. 2008 Apr;195(4):508-20.
Radiofrequency ablation of primary and metastatic liver tumors: a critical review of the literature.
Garrean S, Hering J, Saied A, Helton WS, Espat NJ.
Department of Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Oncologic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
PMID: 18361927 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Phlebology. 2008;23(1):2-9.
Classification of saphenous refluxes: implications for treatment.
Pittaluga P, Chastane S, Rea B, Barbe R.
Riviera Veine Institut, Nice, France.
paulpittaluga@hotmail.com
PMID: 18361263 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING
J Orthop Trauma. 2008 Feb;22(2):81-7.
Superior pubic ramus fractures fixed with percutaneous screws: what predicts fixation failure?
Starr AJ, Nakatani T, Reinert CM, Cederberg K.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-8883, USA.
Adam.Starr@utsouthwestern.edu
PMID: 18349774 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Feb;90 Suppl 1:68-78.
Advanced imaging of bone macrostructure and microstructure in bone fragility and fracture repair.
Kalpakcioglu BB, Morshed S, Engelke K, Genant HK.
Department of Radiology, University of California at San Francisco, 550 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
PMID: 18292360 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

NEURORADIOLOGY
CMAJ. 2008 Mar 25;178(7):825-36.
Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 2. Diagnosis.
Feldman HH, Jacova C, Robillard A, Garcia A, Chow T, Borrie M, Schipper HM, Blair M, Kertesz A, Chertkow H.
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, and the University of British Columbia Hospital Clinic for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Vancouver, BC.
hfeldman@interchange.ubc.ca
PMID: 18362376 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Eur J Endocrinol. 2008 Apr;158(4):459-65.
Prevalence of sleep apnea and metabolic abnormalities in patients with acromegaly and analysis of cephalometric parameters by magnetic resonance imaging.
van Haute FR, Taboada GF, Corręa LL, Lima GA, Fontes R, Riello AP, Dominici M, Gadelha MR.
Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Serviço de Endocrinologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-913 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PMID: 18362291 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Nurs Res. 2008 Mar-Apr;57(2):75-83.
Cognitive test performance and brain pathology.
Serber SL, Kumar R, Woo MA, Macey PM, Fonarow GC, Harper RM.
School of Nursing, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, CA 90095-1763, USA.
PMID: 18347478 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2008 Mar-Apr;17(2):101-8.
The paradoxical flow hypothesis of the carotid artery: supporting evidence from phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging.
Yim PJ, Tilara A, Nosher JL.
Department of Radiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA.
yimpj@umdnj.edu
PMID: 18346653 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2008 Mar-Apr;17(2):64-8.
Intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator improves arterial recanalization rates and reduces infarct volumes in patients with hyperdense artery sign on baseline computed tomography.
Nichols C, Khoury J, Brott T, Broderick J.
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA.
cwnich@gmail.com
PMID: 18346647 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

NUCLEAR MEDICINE
J Clin Oncol. 2008 Mar 20;26(9):1489-95.
Improved staging of patients with carcinoid and islet cell tumors with 18F-dihydroxy-phenyl-alanine and 11C-5-hydroxy-tryptophan positron emission tomography.
Koopmans KP, Neels OC, Kema IP, Elsinga PH, Sluiter WJ, Vanghillewe K, Brouwers AH, Jager PL, de Vries EG.
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
PMID: 18349401 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

JAMA. 2008 Mar 19;299(11):1315-9.
F18-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography screening in Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
Masciari S, Van den Abbeele AD, Diller LR, Rastarhuyeva I, Yap J, Schneider K, Digianni L, Li FP, Fraumeni JF Jr, Syngal S, Garber JE.
Division of Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
PMID: 18349092 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

PEDIATRIC IMAGING
J Pediatr. 2008 Apr;152(4):534-9, 539.e1. Epub 2007 Nov 5.
Deep sedation for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: a comparison with cardiac anesthesia.
Fogel MA, Weinberg PM, Parave E, Harris C, Montenegro L, Harris MA, Concepcion M.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
fogel@email.chop.edu
PMID: 18346511 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

ULTRASOUND IMAGING
South Med J. 2008 Mar;101(3):240-5.
Clinical evaluation and power Doppler sonography in rheumatoid arthritis: evidence for ongoing synovial inflammation in clinical remission.
Ozgocmen S, Ozdemir H, Kiris A, Bozgeyik Z, Ardicoglu O.
Division of Rheumatology, Firat University, Faculty of Medicine, Elazig Turkey.
sozgocmen@hotmail.com
PMID: 18364651 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

WOMEN’S IMAGING
Curr Oncol Rep. 2008 Jan;10(1):38-46.
Breast cancer follow-up in the adjuvant setting.
Khatcheressian J, Swainey C.
Division of Hematology/Oncology and Palliative Care, Massey Cancer Center of Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980230, 1101 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
jkhatche@vcu.edu
PMID: 18366959 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

South Med J. 2008 Feb;101(2):199-201.
Amyloid tumor of the breast mimicking breast carcinoma.Tutar E, Onat AM, Aydin A, Kervanciođlu S, Buyukhatipoglu H, Inan G, Pehlivan Y.
Department of Pathology, Gaziantep University Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey.
PMID: 18364625 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

MARCH 2008

CARDIAC IMAGING
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Feb 12;51(6):618-26.
Sirolimus-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: 9-month angiographic and intravascular ultrasound results and 12-month clinical outcome results from the MISSION! Intervention Study.
van der Hoeven BL, Liem SS, Jukema JW, Suraphakdee N, Putter H, Dijkstra J, Atsma DE, Bootsma M, Zeppenfeld K, Oemrawsingh PV, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ.
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
PMID: 18261680 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2008 Jan;9(1):59-63.
The no-reflow phenomenon in acute myocardial infarction after primary angioplasty: incidence, predictive factors, and long-term outcomes.
Romano M, Buffoli F, Tomasi L, Aroldi M, Lettieri C, Ferrari MR, Zanini R.
Division of Cardiology, Carlo Poma Hospital, Mantova, Italy.
m67romano@hotmail.com
PMID: 18268421 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

CHEST IMAGING
Mil Med. 2007 Dec;172(12):1260-3.
Chest wall thickness in military personnel: implications for needle thoracentesis in tension pneumothorax.
Harcke HT, Pearse LA, Levy AD, Getz JM, Robinson SR.
Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs, Dover, DE 19902, USA.
PMID: 18274025 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Clin Ter. 2007 Nov-Dec;158(6):509-13.
Computed-tomographic-guided biopsy of thoracic nodules: a revision of 583 lesions.
D'Alessandro V, Parracino T, Stranieri A, Greco A, De Cata A, Sperandeo M, Mazzoccoli G, Maiello E, Vendemiale G.
UO di Medicina Interna, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italia.
v.dalessandro@operapadrepio.it
PMID: 18265716 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

GENERAL
Am J Med. 2008 Feb;121(2):158.e1-4.
Seafood allergy and radiocontrast media: are physicians propagating a myth?
Beaty AD, Lieberman PL, Slavin RG.
Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Division of Immunobiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63104, USA.
adbeatymd@yahoo.com
PMID: 18261505 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING
Arthroscopy. 2008 Mar;24(3):311-7. Epub 2007 Nov 9.
Physical examination and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of superior labrum anterior-posterior lesions of the shoulder: a sensitivity analysis.
Pandya NK, Colton A, Webner D, Sennett B, Huffman GR.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
PMID: 18308183 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

NEURORADIOLOGY
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2008 Feb;16(1):22-32.
Cannabis and motor function: fMRI changes following 28 days of discontinuation.
Pillay SS, Rogowska J, Kanayama G, Gruber S, Simpson N, Pope HG, Yurgelun-Todd DA.
Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA.
spillay@partners.org
PMID: 18266549 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Neurology. 2008 Feb 26;70(9):700-5.
Configuration of intracranial arteries and development of aneurysms: a follow-up study.
Bor AS, Velthuis BK, Majoie CB, Rinkel GJ.
Department of Neurology, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
PMID: 18299521 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Mar;85(3):872-9.
Comment in: Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Mar;85(3):879.
Cognitive outcomes three years after coronary artery bypass surgery: relation to diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.
Knipp SC, Matatko N, Wilhelm H, Schlamann M, Thielmann M, Losch C, Diener HC, Jakob H.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West German Heart Center, University Clinic of Essen, Essen, Germany.
stephan.knipp@ukessen.de
PMID: 18291160 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Neurology. 2008 Feb 12;70(7):528-32.
Evaluation of corticospinal tracts in ALS with diffusion tensor MRI and brainstem stimulation.
Iwata NK, Aoki S, Okabe S, Arai N, Terao Y, Kwak S, Abe O, Kanazawa I, Tsuji S, Ugawa Y.
Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
iwatan@ninds.nih.gov
PMID: 18268244 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Epilepsia. 2008;49 Suppl 1:19-25.
First seizure: EEG and neuroimaging following an epileptic seizure.
Pohlmann-Eden B, Newton M.
Bethel Epilepsy Center, Bielefeld, Germany.
pohleden@gmx.net
PMID: 18184150 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Epilepsia. 2008;49 Suppl 1:40-4.
Special considerations for a first seizure in childhood and adolescence.
Camfield P, Camfield C.
Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
camfield@dal.ca
PMID: 18184154 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Trauma. 2008 Feb;64(2):326-33; discussion 333-4.
The need for immediate computed tomography scan after emergency craniotomy for head injury.
Paci GM, Sise MJ, Sise CB, Sack DI, Swanson SM, Holbrook TL, Hunstock AM, Altenau LL, Carver TW.
Division of Trauma, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California, USA.
PMID: 18301194 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Neurology. 2008 Feb 12;70(7):556-65.
The molar tooth sign: a new Joubert syndrome and related cerebellar disorders classification system tested in Egyptian families.
Zaki MS, Abdel-Aleem A, Abdel-Salam G, Marsh SE, Silhavy JL, Barkovich AJ, Ross ME, Saleem SN, Dobyns WB, Gleeson JG.
Clinical Genetics Department, National Research Centre, Neuromotor Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
PMID: 18268248 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

ONCOLOGY
Curr Opin Oncol. 2008 Mar;20(2):206-19.
FDG PET and risk-adapted therapy in Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Kasamon YL, Wahl RL.
Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
ykasamo1@jhmi.edu
PMID: 18300772 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

VASCULAR IMAGING
Phlebology. 2007;22(5):219-22.
Catheter-directed foam sclerotherapy of axial saphenous reflux: early results.
Kolbel T, Hinchliffe RJ, Lindblad B.
Department of Vascular Diseases, University Hospital MAS, Malmo, Sweden.
tilo.kolbel@skane.se
PMID: 18269073 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Phlebology. 2007;22(4):179-85.
Current management of popliteal fossa incompetent superficial venous systems.
Kambal A, Bicknell C, Najem M, Renton S, Hussain ST.
Vascular Surgery, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, London, UK.
PMID: 18265532 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Phlebology. 2007;22(5):194-206.
Embryology and three-dimensional anatomy of the superficial venous system of the lower limbs.
Uhl JF, Gillot C.
Varicose Veins Surgical Center, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
jf.uhl@wanadoo.fr
PMID: 18269070 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Trauma. 2008 Feb;64(2):398-405.
Internal carotid artery stenting for blunt carotid artery injuries with an associated pseudoaneurysm.
Berne JD, Reuland KR, Villarreal DH, McGovern TM, Rowe SA, Norwood SH.
Division of Trauma Surgery, East Texas Medical Center, Tyler, TX, USA.
PMID: 18301205 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

N Engl J Med. 2008 Feb 14;358(7):689-99.
Local delivery of paclitaxel to inhibit restenosis during angioplasty of the leg.
Tepe G, Zeller T, Albrecht T, Heller S, Schwarzwalder U, Beregi JP, Claussen CD, Oldenburg A, Scheller B, Speck U.
Radiologische Klinik, Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universitat, Tubingen, Germany.
gunnar-tepe@med.uni-tuebingen.de
PMID: 18272892 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Phlebology. 2007;22(2):56-9.
Popliteal venous aneurysm: a report on three cases presenting with chronic venous insufficiency without embolic events.
Christenson JT.
Venous Surgery Centre, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
jan.christenson@hcuge.ch
PMID: 18268850 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Phlebology. 2007;22(4):148-55.
The small saphenous vein and other 'neglected' veins of the popliteal fossa: a review.
O'Donnell TF Jr, Iafrati MD.
Venous Center and Division of Vascular Surgery, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
todonnell@tufts-nemc.org
PMID: 18265528 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

FEBRUARY 2008

ABDOMINAL IMAGING
Arch Surg. 2008 Jan;143(1):29-34; discussion 35.
Patient variability in intraoperative ultrasonographic characteristics of colorectal liver metastases.
Choti MA, Kaloma F, de Oliveira ML, Nour S, Garrett-Mayer ES, Sheth S, Pawlik TM.
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe St, Blalock 665, Baltimore, MD 22187-6681, USA.
mchoti@jhmi.edu
PMID: 18209150 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Jan;121(1 Suppl):1-8.
Preoperative imaging for DIEA perforator flaps: a comparative study of computed tomographic angiography and doppler ultrasound.
Rozen WM, Phillips TJ, Ashton MW, Stella DL, Gibson RN, Taylor GI.
Jack Brockhoff Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Research Unit, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
PMID: 18213740 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

CARDIAC IMAGING
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jan 15;51(2):120-5.
Comment in: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jan 15;51(2):126-8.
Angiographic predictors of 6-month patency of bypass grafts implanted to the right coronary artery a prospective randomized comparison of gastroepiploic artery and saphenous vein grafts.
Glineur D, D'hoore W, El Khoury G, Sondji S, Kalscheuer G, Funken JC, Rubay J, Poncelet A, Astarci P, Verhelst R, Noirhomme P, Hanet C.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery, University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium.
david.glineur@clin.ucl.ac.be
PMID: 18191734 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jan 22;51(3):307-14.
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study for quantification of infarct size comparing directly serial versus single time-point measurements of cardiac troponin T.
Giannitsis E, Steen H, Kurz K, Ivandic B, Simon AC, Futterer S, Schild C, Isfort P, Jaffe AS, Katus HA.
Abteilung Innere Medizin III, Medizinische Klinik, Universitatsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
PMID: 18206741 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jan 15;51(2):139-45.
Comment in: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jan 15;51(2):146-8.
Prediction of cardiac death in hemodialysis patients by myocardial fatty acid imaging.
Nishimura M, Tsukamoto K, Hasebe N, Tamaki N, Kikuchi K, Ono T.
Cardiovascular Division, Toujinkai Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
mnishimura@tea.ocn.ne.jp
PMID: 18191738 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

CHEST IMAGING
Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2007 Dec;37(12):913-7. Correlation of the solid part on high-resolution computed tomography with pathological scar in small lung adenocarcinomas.
Yamada N, Kusumoto M, Maeshima A, Suzuki K, Matsuno Y.
Division of Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tsukiji 5 chome, 1-1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan.
PMID: 18211981 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Coll Antropol. 2007 Dec;31(4):1195-9.
Diagnostic imaging of small amounts of pleural fluid: pleural effusion vs. physiologic pleural fluid.
Kocijancic I.
Clinical Institute of Radiology, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
igor.koc@kclj.si
PMID: 18217481 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

COMPUTERS IN RADIOLOGY
Coll Antropol. 2007 Dec;31(4):1143-50.
Application of novel lossless compression of medical images using prediction and contextual error modeling.
Knezovic J, Kovac M, Klapan I, Mlinaric H, Vranjes Z, Lukinovic J, Rakic M.
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
josip.knezovic@fer.hr
PMID: 18217473 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING
Am J Sports Med. 2008 Feb;36(2):379-94.
Complications of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with bone-patellar tendon-bone constructs: care and prevention.
Busam ML, Provencher MT, Bach BR Jr.
Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
brbachmd@comcast.net.
PMID: 18202298 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Trauma. 2007 Dec;63(6):1292-5.
Isolated thoracolumbar transverse process fractures: call physical therapy, not spine.
Homnick A, Lavery R, Nicastro O, Livingston DH, Hauser CJ.
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
PMID: 18212652 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

NEURORADIOLOGY
J Pediatr. 2008 Feb;152(2):250-5. Epub 2007 Oct 24.
Comment in: J Pediatr. 2008 Feb;152(2):A2.
Absence of arcuate fasciculus in children with global developmental delay of unknown etiology: a diffusion tensor imaging study.
Sundaram SK, Sivaswamy L, Makki MI, Behen ME, Chugani HT.
Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
PMID: 18206698 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Dec 15;46(5):564-73.
HIV-associated alterations in normal-appearing white matter: a voxel-wise diffusion tensor imaging study.
Stebbins GT, Smith CA, Bartt RE, Kessler HA, Adeyemi OM, Martin E, Cox JL, Bammer R, Moseley ME.
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
gstebbin@rush.edu
PMID: 18193498 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008 Feb;79(2):195-8.
Comment in: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008 Feb;79(2):112-3.
Unexpected multiple sclerosis: follow-up of 30 patients with magnetic resonance imaging and clinical conversion profile.
Lebrun C, Bensa C, Debouverie M, De Seze J, Wiertlievski S, Brochet B, Clavelou P, Brassat D, Labauge P, Roullet E; CFSEP.
Neurology, CHU de Nice, France.
lebrun.c@chu-nice.fr
PMID: 18202208 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

OTHER
Dent Update. 2007 Dec;34(10):621-2, 624-6, 629-30 passim.
Forensic dentistry: 1. Identification of human remains.
Pretty IA.
Dental School and Hospital, Manchester, UK.
PMID: 18196827 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

VASCULAR IMAGING
J Trauma. 2007 Dec;63(6):1249-53.
Clinical study and comparison of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and angiography diagnosis of blunt vertebral artery injury.
Ren X, Wang W, Zhang X, Pu Y, Jiang T, Li C.
Department of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hosptial, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
a65223875@cta.cq.cn
PMID: 18212646 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Br J Surg. 2008 Feb;95(2):137-46.
Imaging of deep vein thrombosis.
Orbell JH, Smith A, Burnand KG, Waltham M.
King's College London, Academic Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Division, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
PMID: 18196585 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

WOMEN’S IMAGING
West Indian Med J. 2007 Sep;56(4):351-4.
Breast imaging update.
Soares D, Johnson P.
Section of Radiology, Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies.
dpsoares@cwjamaica.com
PMID: 18198741 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 24;358(4):375-83.
Comment in: N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 24;358(4):411-3.
Effect of cost sharing on screening mammography in Medicare health plans.
Trivedi AN, Rakowski W, Ayanian JZ.
Department of Community Health, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
amal_trivedi@brown.edu
PMID: 18216358 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Lancet Oncol. 2008 Feb;9(2):124-31.
Comment in: Lancet Oncol. 2008 Feb;9(2):88-9.
Effect of quality of gynaecological ultrasonography on management of patients with suspected ovarian cancer: a randomised controlled trial.
Yazbek J, Raju SK, Ben-Nagi J, Holland TK, Hillaby K, Jurkovic D.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
joseph.yazbek@gmail.com
PMID: 18207461 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

JANUARY 2008

CARDIAC IMAGING
Am Heart J. 2008 Jan;155(1):108-13. Epub 2007 Sep 14.
Comparison of vascular response to zotarolimus-eluting stent versus sirolimus-eluting stent: intravascular ultrasound results from ENDEAVOR III.
Miyazawa A, Ako J, Hongo Y, Hur SH, Tsujino I, Courtney BK, Hassan AH, Kandzari DE, Honda Y, Fitzgerald PJ; ENDEAVOR III Investigators.
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
PMID: 18082499 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Dec 18;50(25):2393-8.
Influence of heart rate on the diagnostic accuracy of dual-source computed tomography coronary angiography.
Ropers U, Ropers D, Pflederer T, Anders K, Kuettner A, Stilianakis NI, Komatsu S, Kalender W, Bautz W, Daniel WG, Achenbach S.
Department of Internal Medicine 2 (Cardiology-Angiology), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
PMID: 18154964 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Am Heart J. 2008 Jan;155(1):147-53. Epub 2007 Sep 14.
Role of magnetic resonance imaging in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: insights from the North American arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD/C) study.
Tandri H, Macedo R, Calkins H, Marcus F, Cannom D, Scheinman M, Daubert J, Estes M 3rd, Wilber D, Talajic M, Duff H, Krahn A, Sweeney M, Garan H, Bluemke DA; Multidisciplinary Study of Right Ventricular Dysplasia Investigators.
Department of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
PMID: 18082506 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

CHEST IMAGING
JAMA. 2007 Dec 19;298(23):2743-53.
Comment in: JAMA. 2007 Dec 19;298(23):2788-9.
Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography vs ventilation-perfusion lung scanning in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: a randomized controlled trial.
Anderson DR, Kahn SR, Rodger MA, Kovacs MJ, Morris T, Hirsch A, Lang E, Stiell I, Kovacs G, Dreyer J, Dennie C, Cartier Y, Barnes D, Burton E, Pleasance S, Skedgel C, O'Rouke K, Wells PS.
Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
david.anderson@dal.ca
PMID: 18165667 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2008 Jan;133(1):11-7.
Inhalation of aerosols produced during the removal of fixed orthodontic appliances: a comparison of 4 enamel cleanup methods.
Day CJ, Price R, Sandy JR, Ireland AJ.
Division of Orthodontics, Department of Child Dental Health, Bristol Dental Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
PMID: 18174065 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

GASTROINTESTINAL IMAGING
Am J Emerg Med. 2008 Jan;26(1):39-44.
Appendicitis outcomes with increasing computed tomographic scanning.
Frei SP, Bond WF, Bazuro RK, Richardson DM, Sierzega GM, Reed JF.
Emergency Department, Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg, Bethlehem, PA 18017, USA.
steven.frei@lvh.com
PMID: 18082779 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Am Surg. 2007 Nov;73(11):1098-105.
Approach to management of intussusception in adults: a new paradigm in the computed tomography era.
Rea JD, Lockhart ME, Yarbrough DE, Leeth RR, Bledsoe SE, Clements RH.
Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
reaj@ohsu.edu
PMID: 18092641 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Jan;206(1):17-27. Epub 2007 Oct 1.
How useful are clinical, biochemical, and cross-sectional imaging features in predicting potentially malignant or malignant cystic lesions of the pancreas? Results from a single institution experience with 220 surgically treated patients.
Goh BK, Tan YM, Thng CH, Cheow PC, Chung YF, Chow PK, Wong WK, Ooi LL.
Department of Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
PMID: 18155564 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

GENITOURINARY IMAGING
Urology. 2007 Dec;70(6):1136-40.
Targeted biopsy of the prostate: the impact of color Doppler imaging and elastography on prostate cancer detection and Gleason score.
Nelson ED, Slotoroff CB, Gomella LG, Halpern EJ.
Kimmel Cancer Center, Department of Urology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
eric.nelson@mail.tju.edu
PMID: 18158034 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Urology. 2007 Dec;70(6):1157-61.
Transperineal ultrasound-guided saturation biopsies using 11-region template of prostate: report of 303 cases.
Li H, Yan W, Zhou Y, Ji Z, Chen J.
Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
PMID: 18158038 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Urology. 2007 Dec;70(6):1043-6; discussion 1046-7.
Shock wave lithotripsy success for renal stones based on patient and stone computed tomography characteristics.
Weld KJ, Montiglio C, Morris MS, Bush AC, Cespedes RD.
Department of Urology, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas 78236, USA.
Kyle.weld@lackland.af.mil
PMID: 18158009 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

HEPATOBILIARY IMAGING
J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Jan;206(1):57-65. Epub 2007 Oct 1.
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography influences management decisions in patients with biliary cancer.
Corvera CU, Blumgart LH, Akhurst T, DeMatteo RP, D'Angelica M, Fong Y, Jarnagin WR.
Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
PMID: 18155569 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Oncology. 2007;72 Suppl 1:104-10. Epub 2007 Dec 13.
Role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in detecting extrahepatic metastasis in pretreatment staging of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Yoon KT, Kim JK, Kim do Y, Ahn SH, Lee JD, Yun M, Rha SY, Chon CY, Han KH.
Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei Liver Cancer Special Clinic, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
PMID: 18087190 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Arch Surg. 2007 Dec;142(12):1136-43; discussion 1143.
Comparison of percutaneous and surgical approaches for radiofrequency ablation of small and medium hepatocellular carcinoma.
Khan MR, Poon RT, Ng KK, Chan AC, Yuen J, Tung H, Tsang J, Fan ST.
Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Rd, Hong Kong, China.
PMID: 18086979 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Oncology. 2007;72 Suppl 1:83-91. Epub 2007 Dec 13.
CT Imaging of early hepatocellular carcinoma and the natural outcome of hypoattenuating nodular lesions in chronic liver disease.
Takayasu K, Muramatsu Y, Mizuguchi Y, Ojima H.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
ktakayas@ncc.go.jp
PMID: 18087187 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Oncology. 2007;72 Suppl 1:124-31. Epub 2007 Dec 13.
Microwave ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Liang P, Wang Y.
Department of Ultrasound, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, PR China.
liangping301@hotmail.com
PMID: 18087193 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Oncology. 2007;72 Suppl 1:111-6. Epub 2007 Dec 13.
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of sonographically unidentifiable liver tumors. Feasibility and usefulness of a novel guiding technique with an integrated system of computed tomography and sonographic images.
Minami Y, Kudo M, Chung H, Inoue T, Takahashi S, Hatanaka K, Ueda T, Hagiwara H, Kitai S, Ueshima K, Fukunaga T, Shiozaki H.
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
PMID: 18087191 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Oncology. 2007;72 Suppl 1:72-5. Epub 2007 Dec 13.
Severe complications of radiofrequency ablation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: an analysis of 3,891 ablations in 2,614 patients.
Kasugai H, Osaki Y, Oka H, Kudo M, Seki T; Osaka Liver Cancer Study Group.
Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan.
kasugai-hi@mc.pref.osaka.jp
PMID: 18087185 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Oncology. 2007;72 Suppl 1:76-82. Epub 2007 Dec 13.
Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma using internally cooled electrodes. A prospective comparison of modified automated vs. manual pulsed radiofrequency algorithms.
Cua IH, Lin CC, Lin CJ, Chen WT, Hsu CW, Chen YC, Wong SN, Lin SM.
Liver Research Unit, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
PMID: 18087186 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Oncology. 2007;72 Suppl 1:92-7. Epub 2007 Dec 13.
What is the best time to evaluate treatment response after radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma using contrast-enhanced sonography?
Zhou P, Kudo M, Minami Y, Chung H, Inoue T, Fukunaga T, Maekawa K.
Department of Ultrasound, Wuhan General Hospital of the Guangzhou Military Area, Wuhan, PR China.
PMID: 18087188 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
Am Surg. 2007 Nov;73(11):1111-6.
Endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: experience in a community hospital.
Davit FE, Cole T, Helling T, Tretter J.
Conemaugh Memorial Hospital/Temple University, Department of Surgery, Vascular Service, Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15905, USA.
flavia-davit@comcast.net
PMID: 18092643 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2007 Nov-Dec;22(6):452-8.
Review of the methods to prevent femoral arteriotomy complications and contrast nephropathy in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization: cardiac catheterization and care approaches in Turkey.
Altiok M, Yurtsever S, Kuyurtar F.
School of Health, Nursing Department, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey.
meralgun@mersin.edu.tr
PMID: 18090185 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING
Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2008 Jan;133(1):10.e1-13.
Mandibular muscle morphology in children with different vertical facial patterns: A 3-dimensional computed tomography study.
Chan HJ, Woods M, Stella D.
Department of Orthodontics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
PMID: 18174063 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Spinal Cord Med. 2007;30(5):441-51.
Postoperative spinal wound infections and postprocedural diskitis.
Chaudhary SB, Vives MJ, Basra SK, Reiter MF.
Department of Orthopaedics, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, New Jersey 007103, USA.
PMID: 18092559 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

NEURORADIOLOGY
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Jan;65(1):102-14.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging of methylphenidate and placebo in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during the multi-source interference task.
Bush G, Spencer TJ, Holmes J, Shin LM, Valera EM, Seidman LJ, Makris N, Surman C, Aleardi M, Mick E, Biederman J.
Departments of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
geo@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
PMID: 18180434 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg. 2007 Dec;107(6 Suppl):479-84.
Gamma Knife surgery for intracranial arteriovenous malformations in children: a retrospective study in 103 patients.
Kiran NA, Kale SS, Vaishya S, Kasliwal MK, Gupta A, Sharma MS, Sharma BS, Mahapatra AK.
Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
PMID: 18154017 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg. 2007 Dec;107(6 Suppl):439-44.
Comment in: J Neurosurg. 2007 Dec;107(6 Suppl):435-7; discussion 437-8.
Idiopathic hydrocephalus in children and idiopathic intracranial hypertension in adults: two manifestations of the same pathophysiological process?
Bateman GA, Smith RL, Siddique SH.
Department of Medical Imaging, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia.
grant.bateman@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
PMID: 18154008 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Nerv Ment Dis. 2007 Dec;195(12):1027-9.
Morphologic alterations in the corpus callosum in abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder: a preliminary study.
Kitayama N, Brummer M, Hertz L, Quinn S, Kim Y, Bremner JD.
Division of Adult Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.
norikita@fd6.so-net.ne.jp
PMID: 18091198 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosci. 2007 Dec 19;27(51):13921-5.
Nature versus nurture in ventral visual cortex: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study of twins.
Polk TA, Park J, Smith MR, Park DC.
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
tpolk@umich.edu
PMID: 18094229 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Jan;65(1):81-9.
Neural substrates of symptoms of depression following concussion in male athletes with persisting postconcussion symptoms.
Chen JK, Johnston KM, Petrides M, Ptito A.
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada.
PMID: 18180432 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg. 2007 Dec;107(6 Suppl):457-9.
Comment in: J Neurosurg. 2007 Dec;107(6 Suppl):455-6; discussion 456.
Occult spinal canal stenosis due to C-1 hypoplasia in children with Down syndrome.
Matsunaga S, Imakiire T, Koga H, Ishidou Y, Sasaki H, Taketomi E, Higo M, Tanaka H, Komiya S.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Imakiire General Hospital Kibougaoka Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan.
shunji@m.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
PMID: 18154012 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Neuroreport. 2007 Nov 19;18(17):1757-60.
Reorganization of neural circuits in the blind on diffusion direction analysis.
Park HJ, Jeong SO, Kim EY, Kim JI, Park H, Oh MK, Kim DJ, Kim SY, Lee SC, Lee JD.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
parkhj@yuhs.ac
PMID: 18090306 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Neuroreport. 2007 Nov 19;18(17):1787-91.
Shape deformation of the insula in alcoholics: reduction of left-right asymmetry.
Jung YC, Jang DP, Namkoong K, Ku J, Kim JJ, Park S, Cho ZH, Kim YB, Lee E.
Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
PMID: 18090312 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Neuroreport. 2007 Nov 19;18(17):1845-9.
White matter integrity of the whole brain is disrupted in first-episode remitted geriatric depression.
Yuan Y, Zhang Z, Bai F, Yu H, Shi Y, Qian Y, Zang Y, Zhu C, Liu W, You J.
School of Clinical Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, PR China.
PMID: 18090324 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

PEDIATRIC IMAGING
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2008 Jan;46(1):59-64.
A retrospective assessment of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in children.
Tipnis NA, Dua KS, Werlin SL.
Departments of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
ntipnis@mcw.edu
PMID: 18162835 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Pediatr. 2008 Jan;152(1):90-5, 95.e1-3. Epub 2007 Oct 22.
A new scoring system for computed tomography of the chest for assessing the clinical status of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Ochiai M, Hikino S, Yabuuchi H, Nakayama H, Sato K, Ohga S, Hara T.
Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
ochimasa@pediatr.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
PMID: 18154907 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

VASCULAR IMAGING
Arch Surg. 2007 Dec;142(12):1129-33.
Comparison of clinical assessment with ultrasound flow for hemodialysis access surveillance.
Schuman E, Ronfeld A, Barclay C, Heinl P.
Oregon Surgical Consultants, 1130 NW 22nd St, Ste 300, Portland, OR 97210, USA.
schumane@earthlink.net
PMID: 18086978 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Ann Intern Med. 2007 Dec 18;147(12):860-70.
Screening for carotid artery stenosis: an update of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Wolff T, Guirguis-Blake J, Miller T, Gillespie M, Harris R.
Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA.
PMID: 18087057 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

WOMEN’S IMAGING
Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 Jan;5(1):A10. Epub 2007 Dec 15.
Applying the small-area estimation method to estimate a population eligible for breast cancer detection services.
Knutson K, Zhang W, Tabnak F.
California Department of Public Health, CDIC/Cancer Detection Section, MS 7203, PO Box 997413, Sacramento, CA 95899-7413, USA.
Kirsten.Knutson@cdph.ca.gov
PMID: 18081999 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Ann Intern Med. 2008 Jan 1;148(1):1-10.
Cost-effectiveness of digital mammography breast cancer screening.
Tosteson AN, Stout NK, Fryback DG, Acharyya S, Herman BA, Hannah LG, Pisano ED; DMIST Investigators.
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA.
anna.tosteson@dartmouth.edu
PMID: 18166758 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Am J Clin Oncol. 2007 Dec;30(6):574-9.
Mammographic surveillance after MammoSite breast brachytherapy: analysis of architectural patterns and additional interventions.
Dragun AE, Jenrette JM, Ackerman SJ, Irshad A, Pope TL.
Department of Radiation Oncology, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA.
dragun@radonc.musc.edu
PMID: 18091050 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Am Surg. 2007 Nov;73(11):1151-7.
Standardized uptake values for breast carcinomas assessed by fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography correlate with prognostic factors.
Ikenaga N, Otomo N, Toyofuku A, Ueda Y, Toyoda K, Hayashi T, Nishikawa K, Tanaka M.
Department of Surgery, Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
naoki@surg1.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
PMID: 18092653 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

DECEMBER 2007

ABDOMINAL IMAGING
Arch Surg. 2007 Nov;142(11):1059-64.
Validity of clinical criteria in the management of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography related duodenal perforations.
Assalia A, Suissa A, Ilivitzki A, Mahajna A, Yassin K, Hashmonai M, Krausz MM.
Laparoscopic Service, Department of Surgery B, Rambam Medical Center Center and the Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
assaliaa@aol.com
PMID: 18025334 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

CARDIAC IMAGING
Am Heart J. 2007 Dec;154(6):1191-8. Epub 2007 Sep 6.
Comprehensive evaluation of noncalcified coronary plaque characteristics detected using 64-slice computed tomography in patients with proven or suspected coronary artery disease.
Kitagawa T, Yamamoto H, Ohhashi N, Okimoto T, Horiguchi J, Hirai N, Ito K, Kohno N.
Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
PMID: 18035094 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Nov 13;50(20):2002-12. Epub 2007 Oct 10.
Comment in: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Nov 13;50(20):2013-5.
F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging-assisted management of patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and suspected coronary disease: a randomized, controlled trial (PARR-2).
Beanlands RS, Nichol G, Huszti E, Humen D, Racine N, Freeman M, Gulenchyn KY, Garrard L, deKemp R, Guo A, Ruddy TD, Benard F, Lamy A, Iwanochko RM; PARR-2 Investigators.
National Cardiac PET Centre, Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
rbeanlands@ottawaheart.ca
PMID: 17996568 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Am J Cardiol. 2007 Oct 22;100(8B):26M-35M.
Features and parameters of drug-eluting stent deployment discoverable by intravascular ultrasound.
Mintz GS.
Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York 10022, USA.
gsm18439@aol.com
PMID: 17950829 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Angiology. 2007 Oct-Nov;58(5):556-60.
Myocardial blush grade: to evaluate myocardial viability in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Seyfeli E, Abaci A, Kula M, Topsakal R, Eryol NK, Arinc H, Ozdogru I, Ergin A.
Faculties of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay.
eseyfeli@hotmail.com
PMID: 18024938 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Am Heart J. 2007 Dec;154(6):1166-73. Epub 2007 Sep 14.
The clinical features of transient left ventricular nonapical ballooning syndrome: comparison with apical ballooning syndrome.
Hahn JY, Gwon HC, Park SW, Choi SH, Choi JH, Choi JO, Lee SC, On YK, Kim JS, Kim DK, Jeon ES, Lee SH, Hong KP, Park JE.
Cardiac and Vascular Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
PMID: 18035091 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Am J Cardiol. 2007 Oct 22;100(8B):45M-55M.
Zotarolimus-eluting stents in patients with native coronary artery disease: clinical and angiographic outcomes in 1,317 patients.
Gershlick A, Kandzari DE, Leon MB, Wijns W, Meredith IT, Fajadet J, Popma JJ, Fitzgerald PJ, Kuntz RE; ENDEAVOR Investigators.
University Hospitals of Leicester School of Medicine, Leicester, United Kingdom.
agershlick@aol.com
PMID: 17950832 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

CHEST IMAGING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Dec;134(6):1491-7.
New simple classification for operated bullous emphysema.
Mineo TC, Ambrogi V, Pompeo E, Mineo D.
Thoracic Surgery Division and Emphysema Center, Policlinico Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
PMID: 18023671 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Dec;134(6):1485-90.
The evaluation of lymph node metastasis by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: crucial for selection of surgical candidates with metastatic lung tumors.
Nakajima T, Yasufuku K, Iyoda A, Yoshida S, Suzuki M, Sekine Y, Shibuya K, Hiroshima K, Nakatani Y, Fujisawa T.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
PMID: 18023670 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

HEAD & NECK IMAGING
Arch Surg. 2007 Nov;142(11):1036-41.
Diagnostic value of dynamic contrast medium enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in preoperative detection of thyroid carcinoma.
Tezelman S, Giles Y, Tunca F, Gok K, Poyanli A, Salmaslioglu A, Terzioglu T.
Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
stezelman@superonline.com
PMID: 18025330 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING
JAMA. 2007 Nov 28;298(20):2381-8.
Comment in: JAMA. 2007 Nov 28;298(20):2418-9.
High-trauma fractures and low bone mineral density in older women and men.
Mackey DC, Lui LY, Cawthon PM, Bauer DC, Nevitt MC, Cauley JA, Hillier TA, Lewis CE, Barrett-Connor E, Cummings SR; Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) and Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study (MrOS) Research Groups.
San Francisco Coordinating Center, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, California 94107, USA.
dmackey@sfcc-cpmc.net
PMID: 18042915 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

NEURORADIOLOGY
Neurosurg Focus. 2007;23(5):E12.
Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging in pituitary macroadenoma surgery: an assessment of visual outcome.
Jones J, Ruge J.
Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois, USA.
PMID: 18004960 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Neurosurg Focus. 2007;23(5):E9.
Neuroimaging in neuroophthalmology.
Bose S.
Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
sbose@uci.edu
PMID: 18004971 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Neurosurg Focus. 2007;23(5):E1.
Neuroophthalmological management of optic pathway gliomas.
Lee AG.
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
Andrew-lee@uiowa.edu
PMID: 18004957 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Neurosurg Focus. 2007;23(5):E4.
Optic nerve sheath meningioma: current diagnosis and treatment.
Eddleman CS, Liu JK.
Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
PMID: 18004966 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

NOVEMBER 2007 REVIEW OF CURRENT LITERATURE
ABDOMINAL IMAGING
Am Surg. 2007 Sep;73(9):890-4.
Safety zone for splenic hilar control during splenectomy: a computed tomography scan mapping of the tail of the pancreas in relation to the splenic hilum.
Saber AA, Helbling B, Khaghany K, Nirmit G, Pimental R, McLeod MK.
Departments of Surgery, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008, USA.
saber@kcms.msu.edu
PMID: 17939420 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Am Surg. 2007 Sep;73(9):884-7
Hanging maneuver in right hepatectomy for recurrent metastases with diaphragmatic infiltration after radiofrequency ablation: a new indication.
Nuzzo G, Giuliante F, Ardito F, Vellone M, Giovannini I.
Department of Surgical Sciences, Hepato-Biliary Surgery Unit, Catholic University, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
chirucsc@rm.unicatt.it
PMID: 17939418 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Am Surg. 2007 Sep;73(9):845-50.
Posttraumatic hernias: historical overview and review of the literature.
Crandall M, Popowich D, Shapiro M, West M.
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, USA.
mcrandall@northwestern.edu
PMID: 17939410 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Arch Surg. 2007 Oct;142(10):988-93.
Small-bowel obstruction after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: etiology, diagnosis, and management.
Husain S, Ahmed AR, Johnson J, Boss T, O'Malley W.
Department of Bariatric Surgery, University of Rochester, Highland Hospital, 1000 South Ave, Rochester, NY 14620, USA.
PMID: 17938313 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Arch Surg. 2007 Oct;142(10):930-4; discussion 934.
Routine postoperative upper gastrointestinal series after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: determination of whether it is necessary.
Kolakowski S Jr, Kirkland ML, Schuricht AL.
Department of Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital, 301 S Eighth St, Floor 4, Philadelphia, PA 19106-4000, USA.
Skolakowskijr@yahoo.com
PMID: 17938304 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Am J Surg. 2007 Nov;194(5):672-7.
Percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute cholecystitis in high-risk patients: experience of a surgeon-initiated interventional program.
Silberfein EJ, Zhou W, Kougias P, El Sayed HF, Huynh TT, Albo D, Berger DH, Brunicardi FC, Lin PH.
Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston VAMC (112), 2002 Holcomb Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
PMID: 17936433 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

CARDIAC IMAGING
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Oct 23;50(17):1641-6.
Comment in: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Oct 23;50(17):1647-8.
Usefulness of virtual histology intravascular ultrasound to predict distal embolization for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
Kawaguchi R, Oshima S, Jingu M, Tsurugaya H, Toyama T, Hoshizaki H, Taniguchi K.
Division of Cardiology, Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Center, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
kawaguchi.r@cvc.pref.gunma.jp
PMID: 17950144 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Oct 23;50(17):1635-40.
Comment in: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Oct 23;50(17):1647-8.
The relationship between coronary plaque characteristics and small embolic particles during coronary stent implantation.
Kawamoto T, Okura H, Koyama Y, Toda I, Taguchi H, Tamita K, Yamamuro A, Yoshimura Y, Neishi Y, Toyota E, Yoshida K.
Division of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School Hospital, Matsushima, Kurashiki, Japan.
hokura@fides.dti.ne.jp
PMID: 17950143 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Oct 23;50(17):1627-34.
One-year results of the SCORPIUS study: a German multicenter investigation on the effectiveness of sirolimus-eluting stents in diabetic patients.
Baumgart D, Klauss V, Baer F, Hartmann F, Drexler H, Motz W, Klues H, Hofmann S, Volker W, Pfannebecker T, Stoll HP, Nickenig G; SCORPIUS Study Investigators.
Department of Cardiology, West-German Heart Center, University Clinic Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
dietrich.baumgart@preventicum.de
PMID: 17950142 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

South Med J. 2007 Oct;100(10):1006-14; quiz 1004.
Comment in: South Med J. 2007 Oct;100(10):969-70.
Pharmacologic stress myocardial perfusion imaging.
Patel RN, Arteaga RB, Mandawat MK, Thornton JW, Robinson VJ.
Department of Medicine and the Division of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA.
PMID: 17943047 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

BMC Med Genet. 2007 Sep 19;8 Suppl 1:S4.
Genome-wide association study for subclinical atherosclerosis in major arterial territories in the NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study.
O'Donnell CJ, Cupples LA, D'Agostino RB, Fox CS, Hoffmann U, Hwang SJ, Ingellson E, Liu C, Murabito JM, Polak JF, Wolf PA, Demissie S.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA.
odonnellc@nhlbi.nih.gov
PMID: 17903303 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

CHEST IMAGING
Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Nov;84(5):1717-23.
Comment in: Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Nov;84(5):1723.
Surgical considerations for the management and resection of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
Blum MG, Bilimoria KY, Wayne JD, de Hoyos AL, Talamonti MS, Adley B.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
mblum@nmh.org
PMID: 17954092 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Nov;84(5):1685-92; discussion 1692-3.
Outcomes after extrapleural pneumonectomy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Rice DC, Stevens CW, Correa AM, Vaporciyan AA, Tsao A, Forster KM, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Roth JA, Liao Z, Smythe WR.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
drice@mdanderson.org
PMID: 17954086 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Nov;84(5):1675-9.
Sublobar resection for patients with peripheral small adenocarcinomas of the lung: surgical outcome is associated with features on computed tomographic imaging.
Nakayama H, Yamada K, Saito H, Oshita F, Ito H, Kameda Y, Noda K.
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan.
nakayama-h@kcch.jp
PMID: 17954084 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Nov;84(5):1656-61.
Comment in: Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Nov;84(5):1661-2.
Large-volume thoracentesis and the risk of reexpansion pulmonary edema.
Feller-Kopman D, Berkowitz D, Boiselle P, Ernst A.
Department of Interventional Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
dfellerk@jhmi.edu
PMID: 17954079 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Nov;84(5):1645-50.
Left pulmonary artery sling complex: computed tomography and hypothesis of embryogenesis.
Chen SJ, Lee WJ, Lin MT, Wang JK, Chang CI, Chiu IS, Wu MH.
Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
PMID: 17954077 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Eur J Med Res. 2007 Aug 16;12(8):341-6.
Pulmonary radiological characteristics in patients with HIV infection at the time of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
Schlossbauer T, Schmidt GP, Bogner JR, Sing A, Reiser MF, Becker-Gaab C.
Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich, Germany.
thomas.schlossbauer@med.uni-muenchen.de
PMID: 17933710 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Am J Med. 2007 Oct;120(10 Suppl 2):S2-12.
Newer modalities for detection of pulmonary emboli.
Clemens S, Leeper KV Jr.
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
PMID: 17916456 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

GENITOURINARY IMAGING
Urol Int. 2007;79(3):267-72.
Stabilization of calcium oxalate suspension by urinary macromolecules, probably an efficient protection from stone formation.
Baumann JM, Affolter B, Caprez U, Clivaz C, Gluck Z, Weber R.
Stone Research Center Viollier, Biel, Switzerland.
PMID: 17940361 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

HEAD AND NECK IMAGING
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 Oct;133(10):1028-30.
Level IIb lymph node metastasis in neck dissection for papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Lee BJ, Wang SG, Lee JC, Son SM, Kim IJ, Kim YK.
Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University, 1-10, Ami-dong, Seo-gu, Pusan, Republic of Korea 602-739.
PMID: 17938327 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 Oct;133(10):1002-4.
Characteristics and prognosis of malignant external otitis with facial paralysis.
Soudry E, Joshua BZ, Sulkes J, Nageris BI.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and Epidemiology Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqwa 49100, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
PMID: 17938323 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
Am Surg. 2007 Sep;73(9):897-902.
Early selective angioembolization improves success of nonoperative management of blunt splenic injury.
Wu SC, Chow KC, Lee KH, Tung CC, Yang AD, Lo CJ.
Division of Trauma, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
PMID: 17939422 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Oct;463:213-20.
An ABJS Best Paper: Progressive cancellous and cortical bone remodeling after press-fit cup fixation: a 3-year followup.
Mueller LA, Voelk M, Kress A, Pitto RP, Schmidt R.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Waldkrankenhaus, Erlangen, Germany.
PMID: 17960685 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Oct;463:179-86.
The accuracy of computer-assisted percutaneous iliosacral screw placement.
Day AC, Stott PM, Boden RA.
St George's Healthcare N.H.S. Trust, St. George's Hospital, Tooting, London, UK.
adriancday@hotmail.com
PMID: 17960680 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Oct;463:138-43.
Multislice computed tomography for evaluating acetabular defects in revision THA.
Garcia-Cimbrelo E, Tapia M, Martin-Hervas C.
Department of Orthopedics, Hospital la Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
gcimbrelo@yahoo.es
PMID: 17960676 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Postgrad Med. 2006 May;Spec No:12-23.
The complexity of the differential diagnosis for the inflammatory arthritides.
Feinstein DE, Brent LH.
Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141, USA.
PMID: 17957858 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg Spine. 2007 Oct;7(4):399-402.
The frequency and clinical significance of congenital defects of the posterior and anterior arch of the atlas.
Senoglu M, Safavi-Abbasi S, Theodore N, Bambakidis NC, Crawford NR, Sonntag VK.
Division of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85013, USA.
mehmetsenoglu@hotmail.com
PMID: 17933313 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg Spine. 2007 Oct;7(4):393-8.
A comparison of two techniques in image-guided thoracic pedicle screw placement: a retrospective study of 37 patients and 277 pedicle screws.
Lekovic GP, Potts EA, Karahalios DG, Hall G.
Division of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
PMID: 17933312 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

BMC Med Genet. 2007 Sep 19;8 Suppl 1:S14.
Genome-wide association with bone mass and geometry in the Framingham Heart Study.
Kiel DP, Demissie S, Dupuis J, Lunetta KL, Murabito JM, Karasik D.
Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
kiel@hrca.harvard.edu
PMID: 17903296 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

NEURORADIOLOGY
N Engl J Med. 2007 Nov 8;357(19):1928-38.
Comment in: N Engl J Med. 2007 Nov 8;357(19):1971-3.
Abnormal brain development in newborns with congenital heart disease.
Miller SP, McQuillen PS, Hamrick S, Xu D, Glidden DV, Charlton N, Karl T, Azakie A, Ferriero DM, Barkovich AJ, Vigneron DB.
Department of Neurology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
smiller6@cw.bc.ca
PMID: 17989385 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

N Engl J Med. 2007 Nov 1;357(18):1821-8.
Incidental findings on brain MRI in the general population.
Vernooij MW, Ikram MA, Tanghe HL, Vincent AJ, Hofman A, Krestin GP, Niessen WJ, Breteler MM, van der Lugt A.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
PMID: 17978290 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosci. 2007 Oct 24;27(43):11725-35.
Cortical folding abnormalities in autism revealed by surface-based morphometry.
Nordahl CW, Dierker D, Mostafavi I, Schumann CM, Rivera SM, Amaral DG, Van Essen DC.
The Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA.
crswu@ucdavis.edu
PMID: 17959814 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg. 2007 Oct;107(4 Suppl):286-91.
Pediatric infratentorial gangliogliomas: a retrospective series.
Baussard B, Di Rocco F, Garnett MR, Boddaert N, Lellouch-Tubiana A, Grill J, Puget S, Roujeau T, Zerah M, Sainte-Rose C.
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
PMID: 17941492 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg. 2007 Oct;107(4 Suppl):281-5.
Split cord malformation associated with myelomeningocele.
Ansari S, Nejat F, Yazdani S, Dadmehr M.
Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Iran.
PMID: 17941491 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Neurology. 2007 Oct 16;69(16):1622-34.
Disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer disease: challenges to early intervention.
Cummings JL, Doody R, Clark C.
Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
jcummings@mednet.ucla.edu
PMID: 17938373 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Neurology. 2007 Oct 16;69(16):1603-9.
Comment in: Neurology. 2007 Oct 16;69(16):1562-3.
Retinal nerve fiber layer is associated with brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis.
Gordon-Lipkin E, Chodkowski B, Reich DS, Smith SA, Pulicken M, Balcer LJ, Frohman EM, Cutter G, Calabresi PA.
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
PMID: 17938370 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Neurology. 2007 Oct 16;69(16):1585-94.
Hemiparkinsonism-hemiatrophy syndrome.
Wijemanne S, Jankovic J.
Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Suite 1801, 6550 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
PMID: 17938368 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg. 2007 Oct;107(4):854-9.
Gamma Knife surgery for arteriovenous malformations in the brain: integration of time-resolved contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography into dosimetry planning. Technical note.
Taschner CA, Le Thuc V, Reyns N, Gieseke J, Gauvrit JY, Pruvo JP, Leclerc X.
Department of Neuroradiology, Hopital Roger Salengro, University Hospital Lille, France.
c.taschner@web.de
PMID: 17937234 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg. 2007 Oct;107(4):805-8.
A computed tomography scan and anatomical cadaveric study of the pterygopalatine ganglion for use in Gamma Knife treatment of cluster headache.
Alvernia JE, Spomar DG, Olivero WC.
Microsurgical Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
PMID: 17937227 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg. 2007 Oct;107(4):784-7.
Prediction of meningioma consistency using fractional anisotropy value measured by magnetic resonance imaging.
Kashimura H, Inoue T, Ogasawara K, Arai H, Otawara Y, Kanbara Y, Ogawa A.
Department of Neurosurgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Iwate, Japan.
hkashi@iwate-med.ac.jp
PMID: 17937223 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg. 2007 Oct;107(4):758-64.
Radiosurgery for chordomas and chondrosarcomas of the skull base.
Martin JJ, Niranjan A, Kondziolka D, Flickinger JC, Lozanne KA, Lunsford LD.
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
PMID: 17937220 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg. 2007 Oct;107(4):745-51.
Long-term outcomes of Gamma Knife surgery for cavernous sinus meningioma.
Hasegawa T, Kida Y, Yoshimoto M, Koike J, Iizuka H, Ishii D.
Department of Neurosurgery, Gamma Knife Center, Komaki City Hospital, Komaki, Japan.
h-toshi@komakihp.gr.jp
PMID: 17937218 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg Spine. 2007 Oct;7(4):403-7.
Nonenhancing tumors of the spinal cord.
White JB, Miller GM, Layton KF, Krauss WE.
Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
white.brad@mayo.edu
PMID: 17933314 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurosurg Spine. 2007 Oct;7(4):399-402.
The frequency and clinical significance of congenital defects of the posterior and anterior arch of the atlas.
Senoglu M, Safavi-Abbasi S, Theodore N, Bambakidis NC, Crawford NR, Sonntag VK.
Division of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85013, USA.
mehmetsenoglu@hotmail.com
PMID: 17933313 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

BMC Med Genet. 2007 Sep 19;8 Suppl 1:S15.
Genetic correlates of brain aging on MRI and cognitive test measures: a genome-wide association and linkage analysis in the Framingham Study.
Seshadri S, DeStefano AL, Au R, Massaro JM, Beiser AS, Kelly-Hayes M, Kase CS, D'Agostino RB Sr, Decarli C, Atwood LD, Wolf PA.
The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA.
suseshad@bu.edu
PMID: 17903297 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

PEDIATRIC IMAGING
J Miss State Med Assoc. 2007 Mar;48(3):67-71.
Prenatal diagnoses and outcomes of congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
Laye MR, Rehberg JF, Kosek MA, Bufkin LK, Bofill JA.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216, USA.
mlaye@ob-gyn.umsmed.edu
PMID: 17941262 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 Oct;133(10):997-1001.
Isolated microtia as a marker for unsuspected hemifacial microsomia.
Keogh IJ, Troulis MJ, Monroy AA, Eavey RD, Kaban LB.
Department of Otolaryngology, Pediatric Otolaryngology Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
ivankeogh@oceanfree.net
PMID: 17938322 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

THE PRACTICE OF RADIOLOGY
Ann Intern Med. 2007 Oct 16;147(8):549-52.
Quality improvement with an electronic health record: achievable, but not automatic.
Baron RJ.
Greenhouse Internists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
rbaron@greenhouseinternists.com
PMID: 17938393 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

VASCULAR IMAGING
Isr Med Assoc J. 2007 Sep;9(9):668-70.
Left subclavian artery occlusion by thoracic aortic stent graft: long-term clinical and duplex follow-up.
Galili O, Fajer S, Eyal A, Karmeli R.
Department of Vascular Surgery, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
PMID: 17939630 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Miss State Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;47(12):355-7.
Endovascular repair of blunt traumatic thoracic aortic transection in patients who are not candidates for the gore TAG device.
Thompson JK, Hatten LH.
Hattiesburg Clinic, MS 39401, USA.
keiththompson23@hotmail.com
PMID: 17939243 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

OCTOBER 2007 REVIEW OF CURRENT LITERATURE
ABDOMINAL IMAGING
J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Jul-Aug;31(4):557-63.
Imaging of benign hypervascular hepatocellular nodules in alcoholic liver cirrhosis: differentiation from hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma.
Kobayashi S, Matsui O, Kamura T, Yamamoto S, Yoneda N, Gabata T, Terayama N, Sanada J.
Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan.
satoshik@rad.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
PMID: 17882031 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Jul-Aug;31(4):526-33.
Hepatic pseudolesion around the falciform ligament: prevalence, aberrant venous supply, and fatty infiltration evaluated by multidetector computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
Genchellac H, Yilmaz S, Ucar A, Dursun M, Demir MK, Yekeler E.
Department of Radiology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey.
hakangenchellac@gmail.com
PMID: 17882026 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Jul-Aug;31(4):513-8.
Computed tomographic histogram analysis in the diagnosis of lipid-poor adenomas: comparison to adrenal washout computed tomography.
Jhaveri KS, Lad SV, Haider MA.
Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M9.
kartik.jhaveri@uhn.on.ca
PMID: 17882024 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Jul-Aug;31(4):508-12.
Diagnostic accuracy of multidetector-row computed tomography for common bile duct calculi: is it necessary to add non-contrast-enhanced images to contrast-enhanced images?
Chung WS, Park MS, Yoon SW, Yu JS, Kim KW.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, YongDong Severance Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
PMID: 17882023 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Urology. 2007 Aug;70(2):360-1.
C-arm laser positioning device to facilitate percutaneous renal access.
Ko R, Razvi H.
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Western Ontario Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ontario, Canada.
PMID: 17826509 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Urology. 2007 Aug;70(2):242-5; discussion 245.
Simple trigonometry on computed tomography helps in planning renal access.
Bilen CY, Kocak B, Kitirci G, Danaci M, Sarikaya S.
Department of Urology, Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, Ankara, Turkey.
cybilen@yahoo.com
PMID: 17826479 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

CARDIAC IMAGING
J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Jul-Aug;31(4):595-9.
Diagnostic performance of multidetector computed tomography for detecting aorto-ostial lesions compared with catheter coronary angiography: multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography is superior to catheter angiography in detection of aorto-ostial lesions.
Kantarci M, Ceviz N, Sevimli S, Bayraktutan U, Ceyhan E, Duran C, Karaman A, Durur I, Okur A.
Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
akkanrad@hotmail.com
PMID: 17882039 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Sep 11;50(11):1080-5. Epub 2007 Aug 24.
The value of myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography in screening asymptomatic patients with atrial fibrillation for coronary artery disease.
Askew JW, Miller TD, Hodge DO, Gibbons RJ.
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
askew.john@mayo.edu
PMID: 17825719 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING
Br J Nurs. 2007 Jun 28-Jul 11;16(12):731-5.
Osteoporosis: not only in women, but in men too.
Gardiner A, El Miedany Y, Toth M.
Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, Kent, UK.
PMID: 17851362 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

NEURORADIOLOGY
J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Jul-Aug;31(4):581-7.
Automated measurement of hippocampal atrophy using fluid-registered serial MRI in AD and controls.
Barnes J, Lewis EB, Scahill RI, Bartlett JW, Frost C, Schott JM, Rossor MN, Fox NC.
Dementia Research Centre, University College London, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK.
j.barnes@dementia.ion.ucl.ac.uk
PMID: 17882036 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Jul-Aug;31(4):574-80.
Combining functional and structural brain magnetic resonance imaging in Huntington disease.
Gavazzi C, Nave RD, Petralli R, Rocca MA, Guerrini L, Tessa C, Diciotti S, Filippi M, Piacentini S, Mascalchi M.
Radiodiagnostic Section, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
PMID: 17882035 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007 Oct;78(10):1146-8.
No evidence of misdiagnosis in patients with multiple sclerosis and repeated positive anticardiolipin antibody testing based on magnetic resonance imaging and long term follow-up.
Liedorp M, Sanchez E, van Hoogstraten IM, von Blomberg BM, Barkhof F, Polman CH, Killestein J.
Department of Neurology, MS Centre Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
PMID: 17878195 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Spine. 2007 Sep 15;32(20):E569-74.
The safety zone of percutaneous cervical approach: a dynamic computed tomographic study.
Lee SH, Kim KT, Jeong BO, Seo EM, Suk KS, Lee JH, Lee GK.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
PMID: 17873797 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

NUCLEAR MEDICINE
J Aging Health. 2007 Oct;19(5):742-56.
DXA, health beliefs, and osteoporosis prevention behaviors.
Sedlak CA, Doheny MO, Estok PJ, Zeller RA, Winchell J.
College of Nursing, Henderson Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA.
csedlak@kent.edu
PMID: 17827447 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Urology. 2007 Aug;70(2):227-9.
Effect of body position on renal parenchyma perfusion as measured by nuclear scintigraphy.
Schwartz BF, Dykes TE, Rubenstein JN, Stackhouse GB, Stoller ML.
Department of Urology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9665, USA.
bschwartz@siumed.edu
PMID: 17826475 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

ONCOLOGIC IMAGING
JAMA. 2007 Sep 26;298(12):1412-9.
Prevalence of colorectal neoplasm among patients with newly diagnosed coronary artery disease.
Chan AO, Jim MH, Lam KF, Morris JS, Siu DC, Tong T, Ng FH, Wong SY, Hui WM, Chan CK, Lai KC, Cheung TK, Chan P, Wong G, Yuen MF, Lau YK, Lee S, Szeto ML, Wong BC, Lam SK.
Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
aoochan@hku.hk
PMID: 17895457 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Jul-Aug;31(4):629-34.
F-18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the follow-up of breast cancer with elevated levels of tumor markers.
Haug AR, Schmidt GP, Klingenstein A, Heinemann V, Stieber P, Priebe M, la Fougere C, Becker C, Hahn K, Tiling R.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany.
alexander.haug@med.uni-muenchen.de
PMID: 17882045 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Jul-Aug;31(4):569-71.
Rectal cancer: incidence of pulmonary metastases on thoracic CT and correlation with T staging.
Kirke R, Rajesh A, Verma R, Bankart MJ.
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, UK.
PMID: 17882033 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Jul-Aug;31(4):550-6.
Comparison of delayed enhanced CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT in the evaluation of adrenal masses in oncology patients.
Park BK, Kim CK, Kim B, Choi JY.
The Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
rapark@skku.edu
PMID: 17882030 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Jul-Aug;31(4):534-8.
Comparison of phased-array 3.0-T and endorectal 1.5-T magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of local staging accuracy for prostate cancer.
Park BK, Kim B, Kim CK, Lee HM, Kwon GY.
Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
rapark@skku.edu
PMID: 17882027 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Jul-Aug;31(4):519-25.
Usefulness of fat-suppressed T1-weighted MRI using orally administered superparamagnetic iron oxide for revealing ampullary carcinomas.
Kim YK, Han YM, Kim CS.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chonbuk National University Hospital and Medical School JeonJu, South Korea.
jmyr@dreamwiz.com
PMID: 17882025 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Surg Oncol. 2007 Sep 15;96(4):322-9.
Sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer.
Sato K, Shigenaga R, Ueda S, Shigekawa T, Krag DN.
Department of Surgery, Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.
PMID: 17879334 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep). 2006 Feb;(130):1-145.
Management of adnexal mass.
Myers ER, Bastian LA, Havrilesky LJ, Kulasingam SL, Terplan MS, Cline KE, Gray RN, McCrory DC.
PMID: 17854238 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

J Clin Oncol. 2007 Sep 10;25(26):4104-9.
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging: a biomarker for treatment response in oncology.
Hamstra DA, Rehemtulla A, Ross BD.
Department of Radiation Oncology, The Center for Molecular Imaging, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, USA.
dhamm@umich.edu
PMID: 17827460 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

THE PRACTICE OF RADIOLOGY
J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Jul-Aug;31(4):493-8.
Iodixanol: risk of subsequent contrast nephropathy in cancer patients with underlying renal insufficiency undergoing diagnostic computed tomography examinations.
Cheruvu B, Henning K, Mulligan J, Klippenstein D, Lawrence D, Gurtoo L, Gottlieb RH.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
PMID: 17882021 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Isr Med Assoc J. 2007 Aug;9(8):584-7.
Comment in: Isr Med Assoc J. 2007 Aug;9(8):607-9.
Excess lifetime cancer mortality risk attributable to radiation exposure from computed tomography examinations in children.
Chodick G, Ronckers CM, Shalev V, Ron E.
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