Objective: To illustrate the significance of vertebral body infarction as the only confirmatory sign of spinal cord ischemic stroke. Setting: Department of Neurology, St. Josef-Hospital, Bochum, ...

A septal infarct is an area of dead tissue in the septum of the heart, which is a wall of tissue dividing the two sides of the heart. It happens when there is a blockage or reduction in its blood ...

The elderly account for the majority of medical spending in many countries, raising concerns about potentially unnecessary spending, especially during the final months of life. Using a well-defined ...

The proprotein convertase subtilisin–kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor evolocumab reduces the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) among patients with a previous myocardial infarction, ...

S.A Decker Weiss, NMD, FASA, PLC A complex ischemic cardiomyopathy case exploring myocardial recovery through ...

Diabetes is strongly associated with microangiopathy and accelerated atherogenesis. Segmental testicular infarction is an uncommon lesion, generally idiopathic and spontaneous. It may be associated ...

Cardiologist evaluation for post-noncardiac surgery PMI patients reduces one-year risks of major adverse cardiac events and all-cause death.

The comparative efficacy of various anticoagulation strategies has not been clearly established in patients with acute myocardial infarction who are undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) ...

STEMI patients without standard modifiable CV risk factors face higher 30-day mortality compared with those with at least 1 risk factor.

When patients present to the emergency department with symptoms of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or myocardial infarction (MI), but they have recently had a "negative" cardiac catheterization, ...

"Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in women, killing seven times more than breast cancer, notes Manzo-Silberman. The hospital death rate is significantly higher in women and, despite ...

If the finding on an ECG is “septal infarct, age undetermined,” it means that the patient possibly had a heart attack at an undetermined time in the past. Septal infarct is a patch of dead, dying, or ...