Dr. Jorge L Carreras M.D.
Family Practitioner
68 Hospital Rd Sylva NC, 28779About
Dr. Jorge Carreras is a family practitioner practicing in Sylva, NC. Dr. Carreras specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Carreras possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- [PET-FDG in thyroid cancer with high thyroglobulin levels and negative 131-I scan. A case report].
- Air medical transport utilization review in North Carolina.
- Preliminary safety evaluation of a cyclotron facility for positron emission tomography imaging.
- Pancreatic glucagonoma: detection by positron emission tomography.
- [Neuroimaging in epilepsy. Advances in SPECT and PET in epilepsy].
- [PET detection of recurring rectal adenocarcinoma in an unusual location. Case report].
- Utility of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in differentiated thyroid carcinoma with negative radioiodine scans and elevated serum thyroglobulin levels.
- Localization of a tumor of unknown origin by means of 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
- [Thallium-201 scintigraphy and dobutamine echocardiography in the assessment of myocardial viability].
- [Tomographic studies of myocardial perfusion normality with 99m Tc-Tetrofosmin. Spanish multicenter study].
- [Comparison of dobutamine echocardiography and rest-redistribution 201-thallium SPECT in the assessment of myocardial viability taking PET as gold standard].
- Early diagnosis of recurrent breast cancer with FDG-PET in patients with progressive elevation of serum tumor markers.
- Patient surface radiation doses at two PET imaging facilities.
- Biphasic response to dobutamine predicts improvement of left ventricular dysfunction after revascularization: correlation with positron emission and rest-redistribution 201Tl tomographies.
- [Positron emission tomography using 18-FDG-PET in radiologically indeterminate
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