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Luca Volterrani

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The role of US examination in the management of acute abdomen.

2013

Acute abdomen is a medical emergency, in which there is sudden and severe pain in abdomen of recent onset with accompanying signs and symptoms that focus on an abdominal involvement. It can represent a wide spectrum of conditions, ranging from a benign and self-limiting disease to a surgical emergency. Nevertheless, only one quarter of patients who have previously been classified with an acute abdomen actually receive surgical treatment, so the clinical dilemma is if the patients need surgical treatment or not and, furthermore, in which cases the surgical option needs to be urgently adopted. Due to this reason a thorough and logical approach to the diagnosis of abdominal pain is necessary. …

medicine.medical_specialtyAbdominal painRadiological and Ultrasound Technologymedicine.diagnostic_testultrasoundbusiness.industryResearchGeneral surgeryacuteInterventional radiologyDiseasemedicine.diseaseAppendicitismedicine.anatomical_structureAcute abdomenMedicineAbdomenSurgical emergencyRadiologymedicine.symptomultrasound; abdomen; acutebusinessRecent onsetabdomen
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Italian multicenter, prospective study to evaluate the negative predictive value of 16- and 64-slice MDCT imaging in patients scheduled for coronary …

2009

This was a prospective, multicenter study designed to evaluate the utility of MDCT in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients scheduled for elective coronary angiography (CA) using different MDCT systems from different manufacturers. Twenty national sites prospectively enrolled 367 patients between July 2004 and June 2006. Computed tomography (CT) was performed using a standardized/optimized scan protocol for each type of MDCT system (> or =16 slices) and compared with quantitative CA performed within 2 weeks of MDCT. A total of 284 patients (81%) were studied by 16-slice MDCT systems, while 66 patients (19%) by 64-slice MDCT scanners. The primary analysis was on-site/off…

Coronary angiographyAdultDiagnostic ImagingMalemedicine.medical_specialtyCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary Angiographydiagnosis/radiographyCoronary artery diseasemethodsCoronary artery disease16- and 64-slice MDCT imaging coronary angiographySettore MED/36 - Diagnostica per Immagini e RadioterapiaPredictive Value of TestsCoronary Angiography/*methods Coronary Artery Disease/*diagnosis/*radiography Diagnostic Imaging/methods80 and overCardiac CTMedicineHumansRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingIn patientcardiovascular diseasesProspective StudiesProspective cohort studyTomographyNeuroradiologyAgedAged 80 and overmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryMultidetector CTNon invasiveReproducibility of ResultsInterventional radiologyGeneral MedicineAdult Aged Aged; 80 and over Coronary Angiography; methods Coronary Artery Disease; diagnosis/radiography Diagnostic Imaging; methods Female Humans Italy Male Middle Aged Predictive Value of Tests Prospective Studies Reproducibility of Results Tomography; X-Ray Computed; methodsMiddle Agedmedicine.diseasePredictive valueSettore MED/11 - Malattie Dell'Apparato CardiovascolareX-Ray Computedcoronary angiographyCTCardiac CT; Coronary artery disease; Multidetector CTItalyFemaleRadiologycoronary angiographybusinessTomography X-Ray Computed
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