TOPIC: Cardiovascular Disease TYPE: Original Investigations PURPOSE: A 53-year-old post-menopausal female with no past medical history presented typical chest pain, dyspnea and dizziness. METHODS: Patient was found to have elevated troponin ST depression she taken for angiography when repeat had tripled. RESULTS: Her cardiac workup included a normal echo as well clean cath excluding atheroscler...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa radiation therapies are commonly used for malignant or metastatic brain tumors for curative and palliative use. the radiation-induced neurotoxicity includes both parenchymal and vascular damage. here we report the case of a 43-year-old woman who developed multiple sclerosis (ms) 9 months after she underwent the last session of radiotherapy for the d...

The internal mammary artery (IMA) is currently the preferred conduit for myocardial revascularization. However, pre-operative vasospasm and a hypoperfusion state during maximal exercise may limit its use as a bypass graft. The mechanism of spasm has not been clearly defined. Since β-adrenoceptor activation plays a major role in vasorelaxation, the present study was carried out to investigate th...