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Advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to improve the efficiency and accuracy of medical care. New techniques used in machine learning have enhanced the functionality of software to perform advanced tasks with human-like capabilities. ChatGPT is the most utilized large language model and provides a diverse range of communication tasks. Interventional Radiology (IR) may benefit from the implementation of ChatGPT for specific tasks. This review summarizes the design principles of ChatGPT relevant to healthcare and highlights activities with the greatest potential for ChatGPT utilization in the practice of IR. These tasks involve patient-directed and physician-directed communications to convey medical information efficiently and act as a medical decision support tool. ChatGPT exemplifies the evolving landscape of new AI tools for advancing patient care and how physicians and patients may benefit with strategic execution.
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Inteligencia Artificial , Radiología Intervencionista , Humanos , Comunicación , Lenguaje , Aprendizaje AutomáticoRESUMEN
Traumatic injury is the leading cause of death worldwide in younger patient populations and extremity trauma with associated vascular injury accounts for many trauma-related deaths. Iatrogenic injury is also a common cause of extremity vascular trauma and the incidence of iatrogenic injury will likely increase as endovascular techniques continue to become more ubiquitous. For many vascular injuries involving the extremities, surgical repair is viewed as the standard of care. Historically, endovascular techniques did not play a role in the treatment of these vascular injuries, rather they were utilized only as part of the diagnostic assessment; however, there is an increasing trend toward endovascular management of extremity vascular trauma. No validated, widely implemented algorithm to select patients for endovascular intervention exists. Transcatheter techniques, however, play an important role in the management of these patients. For arterial injuries, embolization can be used to rapidly achieve hemostasis if the vessel can be sacrificed. More advanced endovascular techniques such as stent-graft placement may be best employed in the context of isolated, proximal extremity injuries, although there is increasing literature supporting the use of advanced techniques for more distal arterial injuries. The management of peripheral venous trauma remains controversial; however, there is growing data describing successful endovascular management of some peripheral venous injuries. The purpose of this article is to review extremity vascular trauma, concepts of injury triage, endovascular techniques, and intraprocedural considerations.
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PURPOSE: To report the effect of partial splenic embolization (PSE) on hematological indices and the procedure's safety in pre- and post-liver transplant (LT) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A single-center retrospective study evaluating all patients who underwent PSE over a 16-year period was performed. Inclusion criteria were splenomegaly confirmed by imaging and at least one of the following cytopenias: hemoglobin ≤10â¯g/dL, WBC count ≤1500⯵L-1, or platelet count ≤100,000⯵L-1. 38 of 102 patients (37%) met criteria (24 pre- and 14 post-LT) for a total of 40 PSEs. RESULTS: No effect was seen on median hemoglobin beyond 2â¯weeks post-PSE. There was a significant and sustained increase in median WBC counts (from 3400⯵L-1 to 5400⯵L-1 at 2â¯years) and platelet count (from 65,000⯵L-1 to 117,000⯵L-1 at 3.5â¯years). In 6 out of 40 PSEs (15%) a major complication occurred which included pleural effusion, ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, pneumonia, and inferior vena cava thrombus. Similar efficacy was observed in pre- and post-LT cohorts, with a trend toward higher complication rate in pre-LT patients. CONCLUSIONS: PSE is efficacious in increasing WBC count out to 2â¯years and platelet count out to 3.5â¯years in patients with hypersplenism. Efficacy and safety appeared independent of pre- or post-LT status. The intervention is associated with major complications and special care should be taken when selecting patients for PSE.
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Embolización Terapéutica , Hiperesplenismo/terapia , Recuento de Leucocitos , Trasplante de Hígado/efectos adversos , Recuento de Plaquetas , Adulto , Anciano , Embolización Terapéutica/efectos adversos , Femenino , Hemoglobinas/metabolismo , Humanos , Hiperesplenismo/etiología , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Retrospectivos , Bazo , Esplenomegalia , Trombocitopenia , Resultado del Tratamiento , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Hematochezia may be a result of anatomic, vascular, inflammatory, infectious, or neoplastic diseases. Colonoscopic evaluation and therapy may be limited because of intermittent bleeding in the setting of numerous diverticula. This report describes a patient with diverticulosis who presented with hematochezia and hemodynamic instability with failed colonoscopic and arteriographic evaluations, and was treated with percutaneous transcolonic diverticular cyanoacrylate and epinephrine injection.
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Mycotic aneurysms, which may occur anywhere in the body, may be prone to spontaneous rupture. Antibiotic therapy combined with surgical debridement without or with revascularization has been described as potential treatment options. This report describes a combined balloon occlusion technique with the injection of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer for the treatment of a mycotic aneurysm of the pulmonary artery secondary to infective endocarditis. Similar techniques have been described in the cerebral circulation and may obviate concerns for coil erosion, non-target embolization, or superinfection.
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Image-guided percutaneous thermal ablation is increasingly utilized in the treatment of hepatic malignancies. Peripherally located hepatic tumors can be difficult to access or located adjacent to critical structures that can be injured. As a result, ablation of peripheral tumors may be avoided or may be performed too cautiously, leading to inadequate ablation coverage. In these cases, separating the tumor from adjacent critical structures can increase the efficacy and safety of procedures. Artificial ascites and artificial pneumoperitoneum are techniques that utilize fluid and gas, respectively, to insulate critical structures from the thermal ablation zone. Induction of artificial ascites and artificial pneumoperitoneum can enable complete ablation of otherwise inaccessible hepatic tumors, improve tumor visualization, minimize unintended thermal injury to surrounding organs, and reduce post-procedural pain. This pictorial essay illustrates and discusses the proper technique and clinical considerations for successful artificial ascites and pneumoperitoneum creation to facilitate safe peripheral hepatic tumor ablation.
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Ascitis , Ablación por Catéter/métodos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/cirugía , Neumoperitoneo Artificial , Radiografía Intervencional , HumanosAsunto(s)
Articulaciones Carpometacarpianas/diagnóstico por imagen , Articulaciones Carpometacarpianas/lesiones , Fijación Interna de Fracturas/métodos , Traumatismos de la Mano/diagnóstico por imagen , Luxaciones Articulares/diagnóstico por imagen , Accidentes por Caídas , Adulto , Clavos Ortopédicos , Articulaciones Carpometacarpianas/cirugía , Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital , Fijación Interna de Fracturas/instrumentación , Curación de Fractura/fisiología , Traumatismos de la Mano/cirugía , Humanos , Puntaje de Gravedad del Traumatismo , Luxaciones Articulares/cirugía , Masculino , Dimensión del Dolor , Radiografía , Recuperación de la Función , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
A 23-year-old man with fevers, night sweats, lymphadenopathy, worsening vision, and aphthous ulcers was diagnosed with Behçet's disease. Multiple diagnostic imaging modalities were used to identify various multisystem complications associated with Behçet's disease including vascular thomboses, mediastinal fibrosis, chylothoraces, chylopericardium and coronary artery aneurysms.
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Síndrome de Behçet/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Behçet/terapia , Diagnóstico por Imagen , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Humanos , Masculino , Adulto JovenAsunto(s)
Enfermedades de la Vesícula Biliar/etiología , Hernia Abdominal/complicaciones , Cirugía Torácica Asistida por Video/efectos adversos , Anciano , Carcinoma Adenoescamoso/cirugía , Enfermedades de la Vesícula Biliar/diagnóstico por imagen , Hernia Abdominal/diagnóstico por imagen , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/cirugía , Masculino , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos XRESUMEN
Overexpression of c-Jun enables Rat1a cells to grow in an anchorage-independent manner. We used an inducible c-Jun system under the regulation of doxycycline in Rat1a cells to identify potential c-Jun target genes necessary for c-Jun-induced anchorage-independent growth. Induction of c-Jun results in sustained expression of cyclin A in the nonadherent state with only minimal expression in the absence of c-Jun. The promoter activity of cyclin A2 was 4-fold higher in Rat1a cells in which c-Jun expression was induced compared with the control cells. Chromatin immunoprecipitation demonstrated that c-Jun bound directly to the cyclin A2 promoter. Mutation analysis of the cyclin A2 promoter mapped the c-Jun regulatory site to an ATF site at position -80. c-Jun was able to bind to this site both in vitro and in vivo, and mutation of this site completely abolished promoter activity. Cyclin A1 was also elevated in c-Jun-overexpressing Rat1a cells; however, c-Jun did not regulate this gene directly, since it did not bind directly to the cyclin A1 promoter. Suppression of cyclin A expression via the introduction of a cyclin A antisense sequences significantly reduced the ability of c-Jun-overexpressing Rat1a cells to grow in an anchorage-independent fashion. Taken together, these results suggest that cyclin A is a target of c-Jun and is necessary but not sufficient for c-Jun-induced anchorage-independent growth. In addition, we demonstrated that the cytoplasmic oncogenes Ras and Src transcriptionally activated the cyclin A2 promoter via the ATF site at position -80. Using a dominant negative c-Jun mutant, TAM67, we showed that this transcriptional activation of cyclin A2 requires c-Jun. Thus, our results suggest that c-Jun is a mediator of the aberrant cyclin A2 expression associated with Ras/Src-induced transformation.