objective(s): brain edema is one of the most serious causes of death within the first few days after trauma brain injury (tbi). in this study we have investigated the role of shilajit on brain edema, blood-brain barrier (bbb) permeability, intracranial pressure (icp) and neurologic outcomes following brain trauma.   materials and methods: diffuse traumatic brain trauma was induced in rats by dr...

echanical reperfusion was introduced as a reperfusion trategy for ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarcion (AMI) in the midand late 1980s and offered advanages over thrombolytic therapy in achieving higher infarct rtery patency rates with less re-occlusion. With the publiation of the Zwolle and PAMI trials in 1993 (1,2), which ocumented superior outcomes with primary percutaneous oronary...