32 research outputs found
Intracardiac Mass Due to Fibrosing Mediastinitis: The First Reported Case
We report a case of a woman, aged 53 years, presenting with a right atrial mass due to idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis with periaortic involvement. This challenging diagnosis was confirmed by different imaging modalities and histopathologic analysis. The diagnosis of cardiac tumours is often difficult. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an intracavitary cardiac mass due to fibrosing mediastinitis. This rare disorder, which is characterized by invasive proliferation of fibrous tissue within the mediastinum, should be included in the differential diagnosis of intracardiac tumours
Consensus Document on Coding of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Examinations in Portugal
Um dos obstáculos a uma utilização mais frequente e apropriada da ressonância
magnética cardíaca (RMC) em Portugal tem sido a ausência de códigos específicos que descrevam adequadamente os exames tal como são efetuados actualmente. Este documento de consenso fornece recomendações para a atualização e uniformização dos códigos empregues na RMC. São igualmente feitas recomendações quanto às técnicas e códigos a utilizar nas indicações clínicas mais frequentes
How does monetary policy respond to the dynamics of the shadow banking sector?
We investigate the response of the central bank to the change in size of non-bank financial
intermediaries. Using quarterly data for the U.S. over the period 1946:Q1-2016Q4, we find that
when faced with an increase in the asset growth of the securities' brokers and dealers and the
shadow banking sector, the monetary authority reacts by raising the short-term nominal interest
rate. This response is stronger in the case of sharp variation in the size of the balance sheet of nonbank financial intermediaries. From a policy perspective, our study suggests that an extended
version of the original Taylor rule - embedding both price stability and financial stability concerns –
provides a good characterisation of the monetary policy reaction function