Journal of International Medical Research

OCT 1, 2026 · REVIEW

Cardiac diagnostic modalities in polycythemia vera: A narrative review

Journal of International Medical Research

Polycythemia vera is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm in which erythrocytosis, Janus kinase–signal transducer and activator of transcription activation, inflammation, endothel

SEP 1, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Computed tomography–guided precision biopsy combined with metagenomic next-generation sequencing for etiological diagnosis in patients with blood culture-negative systemic infections

Journal of International Medical Research

A single-center retrospective cohort of 78 patients with blood culture-negative infections shows CT-guided biopsy plus metagenomic sequencing achieves high pathogen detection (91%), but lacks a prospective design, concurrent control arm, and hard clinical outcome data to establish practice-changing impact.