2012
Point‐of‐care Focused Cardiac Ultrasound for the Assessment of Thoracic Aortic Dimensions, Dilation, and Aneurysmal Disease
Taylor RA, Oliva I, Van Tonder R, Elefteriades J, Dziura J, Moore CL. Point‐of‐care Focused Cardiac Ultrasound for the Assessment of Thoracic Aortic Dimensions, Dilation, and Aneurysmal Disease. Academic Emergency Medicine 2012, 19: 244-247. PMID: 22288871, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01279.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic aortic aneurysmAortic dilationThoracic aortic dimensionsCT angiographyTransthoracic echocardiographyAortic dissectionBland-Altman plotsAortic dimensionsEmergency departmentAortic aneurysmEmergency physiciansCardiac ultrasoundPilot studyNinety-two patientsThoracic aorta pathologyFurther prospective studiesThoracic aortic diameterThoracic aortic pathologyRetrospective pilot studySinus of ValsalvaAcademic emergency departmentCTA measurementsFocused cardiac ultrasoundRetrospective pilot analysisReference standard
2011
Endoscopic Ultrasound Identifies Synchronous Pancreas Cystic Lesions Not Seen on Initial Cross-Sectional Imaging
Adimoolam V, Sanchez MJ, Siddiqui UD, Yu S, Dzuira JD, Padda MS, Aslanian HR. Endoscopic Ultrasound Identifies Synchronous Pancreas Cystic Lesions Not Seen on Initial Cross-Sectional Imaging. Pancreas 2011, 40: 1070-1072. PMID: 21705942, DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0b013e31821f65e3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCross-sectional imagingInitial cross-sectional imagingPancreas cystic lesionsDifferent surgical fieldsCystic lesionsSurgical fieldRetrospective reviewSerous cystadenomaEndoscopic ultrasoundMain pancreatic duct dilationFine needle aspiration cytologyPancreatic duct dilationEndoscopic ultrasound examinationPancreatic cystic lesionsPresence of cystsLow-risk characteristicsMagnetic resonance imagingWall nodularityDuct dilationResection marginsEUS findingsTomographic scanCyst sizeUltrasound examinationAspiration cytology