Provocative MRI catheterization

Provocative MRI catheterization

Background Invasive right heart catheterization plays a central role in the investigation of patients with cardiac and pulmonary vascular disease. Physiological provocations during invasive heart catheterization augment the diagnostic yield and can provide useful prognostic information. MRI catheterization combines invasive hemodynamic measurements with MRI structural and functional evaluations...

MRI catheterization in cardiopulmonary disease.

Diagnosis and prognostication in patients with complex cardiopulmonary disease can be a clinical challenge. A new procedure, MRI catheterization, involves invasive right-sided heart catheterization performed inside the MRI scanner using MRI instead of traditional radiographic fluoroscopic guidance. MRI catheterization combines simultaneous invasive hemodynamic and MRI functional assessment in a...

Priscol Provocative Test.

Healthy Non-glaucomatous Eyes A series of eleven male and thirteen female non-glaucomatous persons aged 35 to 74 years (average 56*5) was considered as controis. In three instances both eyes were tested and for these three the average result from the two eyes was used in order to maintain the statistical value of the series. The average initial tension was 19 mm. Hg (Schiotz) (S.D. 4-12) and th...

Provocative discography: Current status

Low back pain is a common clinical problem that may be due to a variety of causes, including disc disease. Provocative discography is an imaging-guided procedure in which a contrast agent is injected into the nucleus pulposus of the disc. Despite its controversial history, it remains the only imaging technique that provides both anatomical and functional information about a diseased disc. Disc ...

The Provocative Diagnosis of Malaria