A case of repetitive myocardial infarction with unobstructed coronaries due to Churg-Strauss syndrome [PDF]
, 2019 © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.BackgroundMyocardial infarction is most commonly caused by thrombosis occurring on a background of coronary atherosclerosis, resulting in reduced ...
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Prognostic value of the myocardial salvage index measured by T2-weighted and T1-weighted late gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis [PDF]
, 2020 In all patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, risk stratification should be performed before discharge. The measurement of therapy efficiency with magnetic resonance imaging has been proposed as part of the risk assessment, but it has ...
Dewey, Marc, Kendziora, Benjamin
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Preoperative diagnosis of a torsioned accessory spleen
Journal of Medical Ultrasound, 2021 We report a case of a 12-year-old boy with an accessory spleen torsion. He presented with left-sided abdominal pain after trauma. A 4 cm oval mass without contrast enhancement was detected on contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT), and ultrasound (US)
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The prognostic value of cortical magnetic stimulation in acute middle cerebral artery infarction compared to other parameters [PDF]
, 1996 The prognostic value of magnetic evoked potentials (MEP), somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP), age and radiological parameters was determined in 50 patients with acute middle cerebral artery infarction.
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Not Just Fat: Imaging in Abdominal Fat Pathology
Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology, 2021 Fat in abdomen has diverse distribution and function. Insult to fat due to several causes can result in infarction or necrosis and present as acute abdomen clinically.
Aruna R. Patil +3 more
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Decision making processes in people with symptoms of acute myocardial infarction: qualitative study [PDF]
, 2002 Objective To identify, the themes that influence decision making processes used by patients with symptoms of acute myocardial infarction. Design Qualitative study using semistructured interviews.
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Right Ventricular Infarction Mimicking Anterior Infarction [PDF]
Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology, 2006 It is rare to observe ST elevation in anterior derivations caused by right ventricular branch occlusion. We described the case of a patient with unstable angina who developed acute right ventricular myocardial infarction with ST‐segment elevation in anterior precordial leads (V1–V4) shortly after coronary angiography.
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017 BackgroundIMPROVE‐IT (Improved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial) showed that adding the nonstatin ezetimibe to statin therapy further reduced cardiovascular events in patients after an acute coronary syndrome. In a prespecified
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Out of the Box: Rare Mimicker of Acute Abdomen-Acute Epiploic Appendagitis [PDF]
International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2019 Epiploic appendages are peritoneal protrusions of sub-serosal adipose tissue that usually arise from the colon. Inflammation or ischaemic process of epiploic appendages is termed as epiploic appendagitis, a rare subtype of intra-peritoneal focal fat ...
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MRI of Cerebellar Infarction [PDF]
European Neurology, 2017 <b><i>Background:</i></b> MRI is the imaging modality of choice for diagnosing brain infarction. Because of few or atypical clinical symptoms and a relatively low sensitivity of CT scans, many cerebellar infarctions may be detected only with MRI.
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