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The Use of Radiomic Analysis in Cardiovascular Diseases
Vieira Santos-Silva, Maria; Sousa-Nunes, Fábio; Fernando Teixeira, José; Leite-Moreira, Adelino; Barros, António; Dias-Neto, MarinaA The recent years of the cardiovascular medicine saw a rapid development of advanced imaging modalities. The new era of personalized medicine takes advantage of what can be interpreted from medical images, searching for underlying connections between image phenotyping and biological characteristics to support precise clinical decisions. The application of radiomics in cardiovascular imaging has lagged behind o...
MANAGEMENT OF THE CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS
Carreira, Mariana; Duarte-Gamas, Luís; Rocha-Neves, João; Andrade, José Paulo; Fernando Teixeira, JoséBackground: An asymptomatic carotid stenosis (CS) is defined as a stable atherosclerotic luminal narrowing in patients with no history of ipsilateral cerebral or ocular ischemic events in the past six months. The bifurcation of the common carotid artery makes this area vulnerable to atherosclerosis due to the features of haemodynamic flow. The exact prevalence of asymptomatic patients with CS remains unknown an...
EXTEND THE THRESHOLD FOR LIMB SALVAGE, A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Castro-Ferreira, Ricardo; Gonçalves Dias, Paulo; Ferreira, Pedro; Braga, José; Moreira Sampaio, Sérgio; Fernando Teixeira, JoséClinical case: A 48 years old indigent man, with history of smoking and chronic alcohol consumption. He was taken to the Hospital one month after leg trauma. Physical exmamination showed extensive ulcer (25x15cm) on the anteromedial aspect of the left leg, with important signs of infection, as well as significant bone exposure of the tibial shaft. No femoral or dislal pulses in the affected limb. The case...