In patients with acute stroke and a large infarct of unrestricted size, thrombectomy and medical care led to better functional outcomes and lower mortality compared with medical care alone, the ...

A man in the 40s presented with acute vertigo and occipital headache. He was diagnosed with right posterior inferior ...

Contradicting the idea of an “obesity paradox,” where obese patients are thought to have better outcomes after STEMI despite a higher incidence of MI overall, a new pooled analysis of patients ...

The Francis College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, invites you to attend a Doctoral Dissertation Proposal defense by Vitaly Dobromyslin titled: "Integrating fMRI-Derived ...

In animal studies, researchers at Johns Hopkins have effectively used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure with 94 percent accuracy the size and amount of heart muscle damaged by a heart attack ...

The electrocardiogram remains a crucial tool in the identification and management of acute myocardial infarction. A detailed analysis of patterns of ST-segment elevation may influence decisions ...

Doctors at the Catholic University of Leuven, connected with the University Hospital - Gasthuisberg, the Stem Cell Institute Leuven (SCIL), and the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Inhaled nitric oxide during PCI for STEMI failed to reduce infarct size in the total population but showed some interaction with nitroglycerin, according to findings from the NOMI ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 25, 2007) — Researchers are searching for new methods and therapies to reduce infarct size and improve blood flow to the heart muscle in patients who experience myocardial ...