Introduction: Cervical artery dissections (CAD) are a leading cause of stroke ... with a novel imaging modality; Vessel Wall MR Imaging (VW-MRI). The aim is to highlight distinguishing features of CAD ...
What is an ACA in a child? An anomalous coronary artery (ACA) is a heart defect. This is something your baby is born with (congenital). In ACA, the blood vessels that supply blood to your child’s ...
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2010;8(1):77-91. Stress echocardiography can also be successfully performed with vasodilators, mainly high-dose dipyridamole, as the stress agents, with the aid of ...
Another area of controversy remains whether to place the catheter tip beyond the coronary obstruction and aspirate while retracting the catheter (retrograde) versus starting aspiration while ...
Stents and coronary artery bypass grafting ... Stenting is a quick way to open a blocked artery. In an emergency, it is usually preferred over CABG. An acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction ...
Heart disease remains one of the leading health concerns worldwide, with coronary artery disease (CAD) being a major contributor. CAD occurs when the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle ...
safety threshold for 30-day cardiac death or myocardial infarction (CDMI) in a multisite US cohort of patients with and without known coronary artery disease (CAD). Among 1351 patients, 53.2% ...
Background Vessel wall MRI (VWMRI) can reveal the morphological features of intracranial artery occlusion (ICAO). This study aimed to investigate the imaging features of ICAO on VWMRI and explore ...
Coronary artery disease (CAD) develops when fatty deposits (called plaques) develop within the arteries that supply your heart muscle. As a result, these coronary arteries become narrowed and, ...