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Houston Methodist
Recent research
- Health & MedicineOpen access
This study examined the association of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] with breast arterial calcification (BAC) and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) in postmenopausal women. We analyzed data from 2,799 women in the MINERVA cohort (ages 60–79 years; 34% non-white) free of CVD at basel...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
T-cell redirection therapies, including bispecific antibodies (BsAbs) and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T therapy, have transformed the treatment of relapsed or refractory hematologic malignancies. However, comparative data on infectious complications between these treatments r...
- Society & Economics
BACKGROUND: Transmasculine individuals are less likely to complete cervical cancer screening than cisgender individuals, thus increasing their risk for cervical cancer. Multidimensional socioecological determinants may contribute to cervical cancer disparities for transgender peo...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Autoimmune diseases frequently involve the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and can present with nonspecific symptoms that delay diagnosis. Their manifestations range from subtle motility disturbances to life-threatening ischemia, perforation, or obstruction. Advances in cross-section...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Intraoperative image guidance using cardiac CT with fluoroscopy image fusion has been shown to facilitate structural heart interventions. However, there has been limited experience on CT image fusion with fluoroscopy using aortic root calcifications from intraoperative 3D cone-be...