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Determining The Level Of Agreement For Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Stratification Between Coronary Artery Calcium Score And Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Models., Menge Kuria
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Introduction: Estimating the risk of future cardiovascular (CV) events is an essential step in the management and prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Many cardiovascular risk tools are available such as the Framingham Risk Score (FRS), the American Heart Association/ American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) and the International Society of Hypertension and World Health Organization (ISH/WHO) risk charts. Regrettably, none of these tools has yet to be validated based on data from our Kenyan population. This study, therefore, sought to compare the accuracy of FRS and ACC/AHA in a Kenyan population. The risk estimates derived from the CV tools were correlated with …
Prevalence Of Metastatic Disease In Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients As Seen On Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography Of The Chest, Abdomen And Pelvis At The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi., Gregory Obala
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Introduction: Breast cancer patients have traditionally been screened for occult metastases with abdominal ultrasound, chest radiography and bone scan although the use of modern tests with greateraccuracy such as computed tomography (CT), 2-[fluorine-18] fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) and Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is on the increase. The use of contrast enhanced CT (CECT) in the staging of patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer has increased greatly in clinical practice in view of it being widely available and relatively cheapwhen compared to other modalities such as MRI and PET imaging. The clinical utility of routine staging CECT is …