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Foody J, Turpin R, Tidwell B, Eisenberg Lawrence D, Schulman K. THU0503 Major Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Recurrent Gout, Cardiovascular and Chronic Kidney Disease, Initiating on Allopurinol or Febuxostat. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.3029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Murphy KP, Crush L, O’Neill SB, Foody J, Breen M, Brady A, Kelly PJ, Power DG, Sweeney P, Bye J, O’Connor OJ, Maher MM, O’Regan KN. Feasibility of low-dose CT with model-based iterative image reconstruction in follow-up of patients with testicular cancer. Eur J Radiol Open 2016; 3:38-45. [PMID: 27069978 PMCID: PMC4811850 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejro.2016.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Revised: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE We examine the performance of pure model-based iterative reconstruction with reduced-dose CT in follow-up of patients with early-stage testicular cancer. METHODS Sixteen patients (mean age 35.6 ± 7.4 years) with stage I or II testicular cancer underwent conventional dose (CD) and low-dose (LD) CT acquisition during CT surveillance. LD data was reconstructed with model-based iterative reconstruction (LD-MBIR). Datasets were objectively and subjectively analysed at 8 anatomical levels. Two blinded clinical reads were compared to gold-standard assessment for diagnostic accuracy. RESULTS Mean radiation dose reduction of 67.1% was recorded. Mean dose measurements for LD-MBIR were: thorax - 66 ± 11 mGy cm (DLP), 1.0 ± 0.2 mSv (ED), 2.0 ± 0.4 mGy (SSDE); abdominopelvic - 128 ± 38 mGy cm (DLP), 1.9 ± 0.6 mSv (ED), 3.0 ± 0.6 mGy (SSDE). Objective noise and signal-to-noise ratio values were comparable between the CD and LD-MBIR images. LD-MBIR images were superior (p < 0.001) with regard to subjective noise, streak artefact, 2-plane contrast resolution, 2-plane spatial resolution and diagnostic acceptability. All patients were correctly categorised as positive, indeterminate or negative for metastatic disease by 2 readers on LD-MBIR and CD datasets. CONCLUSIONS MBIR facilitated a 67% reduction in radiation dose whilst producing images that were comparable or superior to conventional dose studies without loss of diagnostic utility.
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- Kevin P. Murphy
- Department of Radiology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
- Department of Radiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Department of Radiology, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Radiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Department of Radiology, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Radiology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
- Department of Radiology, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cork and Mercy University Hospitals, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Urology, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- General Electric Healthcare Technologies, Herdfordshire, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
- Department of Radiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Department of Radiology, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Radiology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
- Department of Radiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Department of Radiology, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Radiology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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Toth PP, Catapano A, Farnier M, Foody J, Tomassini J, Jensen E, Polis A, Musliner T, Tershakovec A. Changes in Fasting Glucose Levels Following Longer-Term Treatment with Simvastatin Monotherapy and Combined Ezetimibe+Simvastatin†. J Clin Lipidol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2014.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Tunceli K, Sajjan S, Ramey D, Neff D, Tershakovec A, Hu H, Foody J. MS45 IMPACT OF SWITCHING TO SIMVASTATIN ON LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL GOAL ATTAINMENT. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(10)70546-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Champney KP, Frederick PD, Bueno H, Parashar S, Foody J, Merz CNB, Canto JG, Lichtman JH, Vaccarino V. The joint contribution of sex, age and type of myocardial infarction on hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction. Heart 2009; 95:895-9. [PMID: 19147625 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.155804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Younger, but not older, women have a higher mortality than men of similar age after a myocardial infarction (MI). We sought to determine whether this relationship is true for both ST elevation MI (STEMI) and non-ST elevation MI (NSTEMI). DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING 1057 USA hospitals participant in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction between 2000 and 2006. PATIENTS 126 172 STEMI and 235 257 NSTEMI patients. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Hospital death. RESULTS For both STEMI and NSTEMI, the younger the patient's age, the greater the excess mortality risk for women compared with men, while older women fared similarly (STEMI) or better (NSTEMI) than men (p<0.0001 for the age-sex interaction). In STEMI, the unadjusted women-to-men RR was 1.68 (95% CI 1.41 to 2.01), 1.78 (1.59 to 1.99), 1.45 (1.34 to 1.57), 1.08 (1.02 to 1.14) and 1.03 (0.98 to 1.07) for age <50 years, age 50-59, age 60-69, age 70-79 and age 80-89, respectively. For NSTEMI, corresponding unadjusted RRs were 1.56 (1.31 to 1.85), 1.42 (1.27 to 1.58), 1.17 (1.09 to 1.25), 0.92 (0.88 to 0.96) and 0.86 (0.83 to 0.89). After adjusting for risk status, the excess risk for younger women compared with men decreased to approximately 15-20%, while a better survival of older NSTEMI women compared with men persisted. CONCLUSIONS Sex-related differences in short-term mortality are age-dependent in both STEMI and NSTEMI patients.
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- K P Champney
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA
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Safdar B, Foody J, D'Onofrio G. Depression is a Common Coronary Risk Factor in Women Admitted to an ED Chest Pain Center. Acad Emerg Med 2007. [DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.03.1069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Foody J, Kelly D, Kumar D, Fitzgerald D, Ward T, Caulfield B, Markham C. A prototype sourceless kinematic-feedback based video game for movement based exercise. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2006; 2006:5366-5369. [PMID: 17946300 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2006.259249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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This paper presents a prototype kinematic and audio feedback based video game, availing of a scalable motion capture acquisition system, based around a number of orientation sensors. The orientation sensors used are USB based tri-axis magnetic and gravitational field transducers. The novel video-game is capable of incorporating the real time data from these sensors to control an on screen avatar, which in turn can be programmed to give appropriate instructions to the user i.e. play a sound file, once the user obtains a certain posture. The video game is designed to promote physical exercise and movement based relaxation, in particular; yoga. In addition, design considerations; implementation and performance of the system are analyzed, discussed and the accuracy qualitatively analyzed by comparing movement data obtained from it to that of a validated motion analysis technique, the CODA motion analysis system.
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- J Foody
- Computer Science Department, National University Maynooth Ireland, Eire.
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Graff L, Chern C, Turnbull D, Wang Y, Foody J, Werdmann M, Radford M. Physicians' Acute Coronary Syndrome Testing Threshold and Diagnostic Performance. Ann Emerg Med 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.06.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Graff L, Wang Y, Foody J, Meehan T, Tuozzo K, Krumholz H, Radford M. Delay in diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction: Increasingly common, lower quality of care. Ann Emerg Med 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.07.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Graff L, Foody J, Galusha D, Tuozzo K, Meehan T, Radford M. Effect of interhospital transfer patterns on hospitals' quality performance measurement results. Ann Emerg Med 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.07.376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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