Sohail Contractor

University of Louisville

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Ayman El‐Baz

University of Louisville

Mohammed Ghazal

Abu Dhabi University

Pratik A. Shukla

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Abhishek Kumar

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Ahmed Alksas

University of Louisville

Ali Mahmoud

University of Louisville

P. Kisza

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Vishnu Chandra

University of Virginia

Mohamed Abou El‐Ghar

Mansoura University

Eric Van Bogaert

University of Louisville

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

University of Louisville

Mansoura University

University Hospital, Newark

University of Louisville Hospital

New York University

Mansoura University Hospital

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Advancing Personalized Prostate Cancer Therapy Through Hormonal Treatment: Promising Findings

Islam Tharwat Abdel Halim Ahmed Alksas Hossam Magdy Balaha Mohamed Badawy Mohamed Abou El‐Ghar

Hormonal Therapy

10.1109/isbi56570.2024.10635491

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Abstract No. 603 Single-session pharmacomechanical thrombolysis for the treatment of iliofemoral and iliocaval deep vein thrombosis in the era of Zelante: a single-center experience

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (2019)

John A. Cieslak Madiha Shahid R. Forcella Héctor Bueno Sohail Contractor

Venography

10.1016/j.jvir.2018.12.684

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S3082 Novel Approach in the Management of Large Portosystemic Shunt Causing Recurrent Hepatic Encephalopathy

The American Journal of Gastroenterology (2022)

Apaar Dadlani Garvit Chhabra Sohail Contractor Nana Ohene-Baah Ashutosh Barve

Introduction: Portosystemic shunting (PSS) is a common complication of advanced cirrhosis, and is usually a result of portal hypertension. In severe cases, it can lead to worsening hepatic encephalopathy (HE) leading to multiple hospitalizations. We present a patient with a large PSS who failed initial embolization of the PSS, requiring subsequent TIPS placement as well as re-embolization. Case Description/Methods: A 55-year-old male with a history of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) cirrhosis presented with altered mental status (AMS) for 2 days and worsening abdominal distension for a week. He did not report any fever, vomiting, or blood in stool. On chart review, he had multiple admissions for AMS secondary to HE. His caretaker reported compliance with home lactulose, rifaximin and zinc. A full infectious workup was negative. Abdominal ultrasound with doppler revealed no flow in the main portal vein. CT scan of the abdomen showed a massive PSS identified extending from the level of the splenic vein to the inferior vena cava, essentially shunting blood away from the portal vein. Patient underwent embolization of this PSS, however, this did not significantly decrease the blood flow through this shunt. Subsequently, a TIPS was placed to redirect flow into the portal vein and reduce flow in the shunt. Repeat embolization of the PSS was successful and resulted in almost no flow through the PSS with improved flow in the main portal vein. Since then, he has not had any further admissions with HE. Discussion: Spontaneous PSS occurs as a result of worsening liver disease in cirrhotic patients, and their manifestations vary based on their location. In a study by Simón-Talero et al, ∼50% of patients with large PSS had episodic and persistent HE. Patients with HE are usually treated medically with lactulose, rifaximin, or zinc, and treatment of the trigger (infection, GI bleeding, substance use). In a study on 25 patients with large PSS undergoing embolization, Lynn et al demonstrated a 100% success rate in immediate post-procedure improvement. However, in our patient, there was continued flow in spite of embolization of the shunt. Hence, we performed a TIPS procedure with repeat embolization of the shunt which ultimately minimized the blood flow through the large PSS and redirected flow into the portal vein. This novel modality of treatment may be beneficial in PSS which don’t respond to embolization, and further studies may be needed to understand the benefit in such refractory cases.

Portosystemic shunt

Hepatic Encephalopathy

Rifaximin

Splenic vein

Liver disease

10.14309/01.ajg.0000868968.87248.32

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Endovascular coil embolisation of a giant pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm from a gunshot wound

Trauma (2014)

Abhishek Kumar John Yoon Anastasia Kunac Sohail Contractor P. Kisza

A 38-year-old female was brought to the trauma emergency room after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds to the right chest and abdomen. She had pulmonary contusions involving the right lung and a haemopneumothorax initially managed with chest tube placement. A few weeks into her hospitalisation, she was found to have a giant right pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm, which corresponded to a bullet tract. The pseudoaneurysm was causing a steal phenomenon and impaired perfusion of the right middle lobe and right lower lobe. Endovascular coil embolisation of the pseudoaneurysm was performed with restoration of perfusion to the right lung.

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10.1177/1460408614547560

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Endovascular Management of Hemarthrosis in Patients with Bleeding Diatheses: Systematic Review

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology (2019)

S. Shanmugasundaram Vishnu Chandra M. Kolber Abhishek Kumar Sohail Contractor

Hemarthrosis

10.1007/s00270-019-02367-7

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Large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation lost to follow-up with 10 years of asymptomatic interval growth: A case report

Radiology Case Reports (2024)

Nicholas Kemper Alexander C. Myers Hanna K. Thompson Nana Ohene Baah Sohail Contractor

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, previously considered a rare condition, have been increasingly identified in asymptomatic patients over the past 2 decades. Usually congenital and associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, these fistulae result in right-to-left shunting of blood by abnormal communication of pulmonary arteries and veins lacking capillary beds. Clinical findings of right-to-left shunting in the presence of feeding and draining vessels identified on imaging confirm the diagnosis, for which the first-line therapy is embolization. This report highlights the presentation and management of a large asymptomatic PAVM detected incidentally in a patient who was lost to follow-up for 10 years and represented with acute hypoxic respiratory failure secondary to a viral infection with an interval increase of PAVM size.

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10.1016/j.radcr.2024.04.070

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Incorporating Imaging, Clinical, Pathology, and Demographic Markers for Hormonal Therapy Prediction in Prostate Cancer

IEEE Access (2024)

Ibrahim Abdelhalim Ahmed Alksas Hossam Magdy Balaha Mohamed Badawy Mohamed Abou El‐Ghar

Hormonal Therapy

10.1109/access.2024.3520160

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Automated Segmentation of Lung Regions in 3D CT Scans Using Hybrid Unsupervised-Supervised Models

2022 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) (2024)

Ahmed Sharafeldeen Adel Khelifi Mohammed Ghazal Maha Yaghi Sohail Contractor

10.1109/icip51287.2024.10647745

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Accurate Segmentation for Pathological Lung Based on Integration of 3D Appearance and Surface Models

2022 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) (2023)

Ahmed Sharafeldeen Ahmed Alksas Mohammed Ghazal Maha Yaghi Adel Khelifi

A novel unsupervised-based segmentation method is introduced to accurately delineate the lung region in 3D CT images based on appearance and geometric models. First, a probabilistic model that utilized a linear combination of Gaussian (LCG) tuned by a modified expectation maximization (EM) algorithm, is employed to model the density distribution of 3D CT chest volume. Subsequently, the initial labeling of the 3D CT chest volume is mapped to a probability distribution based on a 3D Markov Gibbs random field (MGRF) for refining. Finally, a geometric model is employed to refine the proposed segmentation by interpolating/connecting two points on its boundary with high curvature. The effectiveness of the proposed approach on 3D computed tomography (CT) chest scans of 26 patients diagnosed with different severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is evaluated using four different metrics: overlap coefficient, Dice similarity coefficient (DSC), absolute lung volume difference (ALVD), and 95 ^th -percentile bidirectional Hausdorff distance (95 ^th HD). The proposed method achieved 94.89% ±2.39% , 97.36% ±1.27% , 1.79 ±1.89 , and 4.75 ±2.3 , respectively. Compared to three state-of-the-art methods based on deep learning approaches, the proposed method achieved superior performance in segmenting pathological lung tissues, demonstrating the promising of the proposed segmentation system.

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Similarity (geometry)

10.1109/icip49359.2023.10222525

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04:12 PM Abstract No. 304 Safety and efficacy of sacroplasty for sacral fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (2019)

Vishnu Chandra Ethan Wajswol Sohail Contractor Pratik A. Shukla Abhishek Kumar

Web of science

10.1016/j.jvir.2018.12.370

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