The ratio of posterior wall thickness to the minimum voltage of QRS complexes in limb leads and several parameters derived from electrocardiography could independently predict ATTR-CM. The ratio of ...

The devices are available for patients aged 17 years and older at no extra cost and can be used after receiving training from a healthcare professional. Two new medical devices that will facilitate ...

Between 21.4% and 57.8% of patients from a real-world ATTR-CM cohort would have been eligible to take part in clinical trials testing disease-modifying therapies. Inclusion and exclusion criteria used ...

Diagnostic performance for key IPF hallmarks, including honeycombing, reticulation, and basal predominance, was consistently high. Ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging (UTE-MRI) accurately ...

Diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) requires a combination of clinical assessment, genetic testing, and imaging studies. 1 NF1 is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the development of ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a rare acquired autoimmune neurological disorder in which both T-cell-mediated and humoral immune mechanisms target healthy myelinated ...

Kerrie Walters, who has MS, and her service dog, Wooldridge, at home in Grants Pass, Oregon (Credit: Jennifer Butler Photography) Kerrie Walters first heard of PoNS in a chance encounter with TV ...

The Stride Velocity 95th Centile (SV95C) showed sensitivity to a decline in the ability to walk over short intervals in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), according to a new study ...

Exondys 51 (eteplirsen) is used to treat patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who have a confirmed mutation in the dystrophin gene that can be treated by skipping exon 51. Exondys 51 was ...

Both a higher Charlson Comorbidity Index score and older age showed a significant prognostic impact on all-cause mortality. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) progression was the leading cause of ...

Testing for AAV is recommended in patients with hepatitis B even in the absence of liver symptoms. A patient with chronic hepatitis B infection (HBV) initially presented with antineutrophil ...

Almost all patients with CIDP taking azathioprine (8 of the 9 patients) went into remission. Oral immunosuppressive drugs, such as azathioprine, may be a cheaper and more convenient alternative or ...