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Reading the Breathing Muscle on a CT Scan
Professor Alex Volinsky · 15 октября 2026 г. · 7 мин
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In this episode, Elena and Marcus unpack "Computed Tomography Assessment of Diaphragm Thickness in Myasthenia Gravis With Clinical and Functional Correlations", published as a Cureus 2026 paper. Narrative review (37 studies from 47 screened records): synthesizes CT-based diaphragm thickness measurement and structural-functional linkages in generalized myasthenia gravis, where diaphragm involvement is the principal risk factor for myasthenic crisis (15–20% of patients within two years of onset). Part of a series covering all 575 of Prof. Volinsky's publications, one episode at a time. Paper DOI: 10.7759/cureus.110567. Note: voices in this episode are AI-generated: Elena and Marcus.