Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are long-lived environmental contaminants that are widely detected in humans. Elevated circulating levels of POPs have been linked to hypertension, obesity, diabetes, meta bolic syndrome, and myocardial infarction in humans. Atherosclerosis, characterized by lipid-rich plaques on the inner wall (intima) of the artery, also can lead to myocardial infarction a...

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are long-lived environmental contaminants that are widely detected in humans. Elevated circulating levels of POPs have been linked to hypertension, obesity, diabetes, meta bolic syndrome, and myocardial infarction in humans. Atherosclerosis, characterized by lipid-rich plaques on the inner wall (intima) of the artery, also can lead to myocardial infarction a...

Aim of the study: Portal vein congestion index has shown promise in detecting early portal venous hemodynamic changes chronic liver disease. The aim this study was to compare adult patients with disease that healthy controls, and evaluate differences index, if any, between common etiologies (chronic viral hepatitis, alcoholic disease, non-alcoholic fatty disease). Method materials: Eighty parti...

Hypoechogenicity has been described qualitatively and is potentially subject to intra- and inter-observer variability. The aim of this study was to clarify whether quantitative echoic indexes (EIs) are useful for the detection of malignant thyroid nodules. Overall, 333 participants with 411 nodules were included in the final analysis. Quantification of echogenicity was performed using commercia...

OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to verify whether the evaluation of femoral plaque echogenicity might be a useful tool for cardiovascular risk assessment in patients affected by lower extremity peripheral arterial disease. BACKGROUND Lower extremity peripheral arterial disease is a common manifestation of atherosclerosis and is associated with a high risk of developing major cardiov...

Open Access Gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions (SELs) are masses or bulges covered by normal appearing mucosa and are usually found incidentally during endoscopy. 1 There are various types of gastric SELs, ranging from benign lesions to lesions with malignant potential. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is the most reliable diagnostic modality for gastric SELs, and provides helpful informati...

Gastric teratomas are extremely rare tumors. A 15-day-old neonate presented with abdominal mass. Ultrasound of abdomen showed mixed echogenicity lesion. CT scan showed a mass with solid and cystic components and internal calcifications. At operation a tumor arising from the posterior wall of the stomach found. It was exogastric as well as endogastric in location. Biopsy report was suggestive of...

An exciting recent development in ultrasound microbubble contrast agent technology is their extension from non-specific diagnostic tools to targeted and therapeutic agents. This process involves the addition of large molecules such as ligands or DNA segments to the microbubbles. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effects of these additional components on the acoustic properties and the st...