France: A recent study has found that a non-radioiodine follow-up strategy is non-inferior to postoperative radioactive ...

Quantitative studies evaluating radioiodine uptake and qualitative ... and how successful ablation is measured. In the studies considered in this review, those that used 123 I rather than 131 ...

It is not possible to identify directly whether reduced radioiodine uptake between diagnostic and therapeutic scans is the result of stunned tissue or ablation. Thus, several studies have used the ...

aDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Gustave Roussy, Paris, France bDepartment of Radiology, Gustave Roussy, Paris, France cDepartment of Medical Biology and Pathology, Gustave ...

Also, the non-inferiority of the no-radioiodine strategy would allow for prospective evaluation of the efficacy ... but some caveats still apply before postoperative 131 I remnant ablation can ...

With a median of 4.3 years of follow-up, people that received ablation first were 25% less likely to die or receive an ICD shock. In a composite measure for the study’s primary endpoint, 103 ...

Ablation, a procedure to treat abnormal electrical short circuits caused by a heart attack and is usually reserved for patients who do not improve with medication, may be a better first-line ...

Catheter ablation is commonly used when antiarrhythmic drugs do not suppress ventricular tachycardia. Whether catheter ablation is more effective than antiarrhythmic drugs as a first-line therapy ...

What is alcohol septal ablation? Alcohol septal ablation is a non-surgical procedure to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This is an inherited condition in which your heart muscle is abnormally thick ...

Oral anticoagulation is recommended after ablation for atrial fibrillation among patients at high risk for stroke. Left atrial appendage closure is a mechanical alternative to anticoagulation ...

Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) appears to be a viable alternative to oral anticoagulation for stroke prevention in select patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF), ...