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Each heavy vertical line represents two-tenths second. Note the double systolic sound associated with the double summit of the pulsus bisferiens in this case of severe aortic stenosis. The purpose of ...

You might have surgery to remove most or all the lymph nodes in the armpit (axilla) close to the breast. This is called an axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) or axillary clearance. Breast cancer ...

BACKGROUND: Variations in the branching pattern of the axillary artery are a rule rather than an exception. The knowledge of these variations is of anatomical, radiological, and surgical interest to ...

Case: A 4-month-old female infant presented with cough and fever. A cardiac murmur was noted at the pulmonary valve area. Lab tests revealed mildly elevated WBC and CRP. CXR was unremarkable. TTE ...

Lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects >230 million adults worldwide and is associated with increased risk of various adverse clinical outcomes (other cardiovascular diseases such as ...

Abstract: During abdominal palpation diagnosis, a medical practitioner would change the stiffness of their fingers in order to improve the detection of hard nodules or abnormalities in soft tissue to ...

Abstract: In critical situations, such as in underdeveloped countries, impoverished areas, during pandemics, or in disaster relief efforts, there is an urgent demand for telemedicine to address ...

This news is covered by the Medical Dialogues Bureau present at the TCT Conference 2025, being held in San Francisco, USA. Cutting balloon angioplasty was found to be non-inferior to intravascular ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) represents a significant global health burden, affecting millions of individuals worldwide, and its prevalence is significantly higher in individuals with known risk ...