Are there disadvantages in administering 131I ablation therapy in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma without a preablative diagnostic 131I whole-body scan?
This study confirms that most patients have residual thyroid tissue after total thyroidectomy and that it seems reasonable to omit routine diagnostic whole-body scans before (131)I treatment with clinical, managerial and economic advantages.
Short-term low dose diltiazem delivered exclusively during early reperfusion can significantly diminish infarct size in swine. Local intracoronary diltiazem may be valuable adjunct in patients subject to myocardial ischemia/reperfusion during coronary artery bypass grafting, primary angioplasty for AMI, or thrombolysis for AMI if given immediately after restoration of coronary blood flow.