Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in the more economically developed countries. Ventricular tachycardia associated with myocardial infarct is a prominent cause of cardiac arrest.
Graduate Program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (R.L.P., G.A.B., K.E.S., D.R.K.), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at ...
Functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is increasingly recognized as a source of morbidity. Current repair strategies focus on annular remodeling because annular dilatation is common in patients with ...
Figure 1. Diagrammatic representation of the different conformations of prorenin and renin, their recognition by the capture and detection antibodies of the renin immunoradiometric assay, and their ...
Just as the growing interest and proliferation of methods to reperfuse the coronary artery system with transcatheter techniques spurred interest and utilization of intracoronary ultrasound (at least ...
Why then, in the article by Reutersberg and colleagues, 1 the increase in mortality for their type A aortic dissection definition (namely, those involving repair of the ascending aorta), but no ...
Since its discovery, NO has been recognized as a protective molecule for vascular function via its vasodilatory, antithrombotic, and antiapoptotic effects. The role of NO synthase (NOS) in the ...
Background— Homoarginine is an amino acid derivative that may increase nitric oxide availability and enhance endothelial function. The effect of the level of homoarginine on cardiovascular outcome and ...
4. Choosing the Right Pathway With Patient-Centric Algorithms for Acute Chest Pain e343 4.1. Patients With Acute Chest Pain and Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome (Not Including STEMI) e343 4.1.1.
An 83-year-old man with a recent history of thyroid carcinoma presented with sudden pain and swelling of the left leg with bluish discoloration and livedo reticularis throughout. Two days before ...
Very few reports are available on serial changes in human brain after cardiac arrest. The primary objective of this study is to investigate sequential neuroradiological changes in patients remaining ...
Changes in left ventricular (LV) diastolic pressure after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or their relationship with subsequent outcomes remain poorly clarified. Accordingly, we aimed to ...