Brain ischemia followed by reperfusion causes neuronal death related to oxidative damage. Furthermore, it has been reported that subjects suffering from ischemic cerebrovascular disorders exhibit changes in circulating platelet aggregation, a characteristic that might be important for their clinical outcome. In the present investigation we studied tert-butyl hydroperoxide-initiated plasma chemi...

Introduction Accidental hypothermia produces a multitude of complex issues in the evaluation plan, investigative strategy, tactics and choice of therapeutic resources and the development and prognosis of the patient, especially in a plurilessional context. Case study We examined the case of a 79 years old patient, assisted at ED Craiova in November 2012 with severe hypothermia, found down the s...

Background: This guideline focuses on antithrombotic drug therapies for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease as well as for the relief of lower-extremity symptoms and critical ischemia in persons with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Methods: The methods of this guideline follow those described in Methodology for the Development of Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention o...

OBJECTIVES Biochemical markers are important for the timely diagnosis and follow-up of ischemic events. Most of the markers have been previously studied in the context of cardiac ischemia. However, research on markers of non-cardiac events has been insufficient. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between troponin and myoglobin which are commonly used markers of cardiac ischemia, in non...

We report a case of peripheral retinal neovascularization and vitreous hemorrhage in the setting of HIV retinopathy that can serve to extend the clinical spectrum of this condition. A 53-year-old African-American woman with AIDS was referred for decreased vision in the left eye and was found to have peripheral retinal neovascularization and vitreous hemorrhage. She had a workup that was negativ...

Interim analysis of a multicenter, randomized, clinical trial (Swedish Drug Elution Trial in Peripheral Arterial Disease) between November 5, 2014, and December 10, 2018. About one-half almost 2300 patients were treated with paclitaxel-coated devices uncoated devices. Approximately 25% died each group during mean follow-up 2.5 years. During the entire period, there was no significant difference...

Background: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) can severely compromise limb vitality and function. Angiogenesis plays an important role in healing of ischemic lesions. Radiolabeled RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp) peptides specifically targeting αvβ3 integrin are promising tracers for imaging angiogenesis. In this study, we investigated the application a one-step labeled evaluation angiogenesis therapy respons...

This study was designed to investigate the protective effect of ferulic acid (FA) on nerve injury induced by cerebral ischemia. Focal cerebral ischemia was induced by occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery and reperfusion 90 min later in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Daily treatment of the rats with FA was initiated 30 min after the surgery, and was continued for 7 days. The efficacy of FA a...

BACKGROUND The CD34(-) murine stem cell line RM26 cloned from peripheral blood mononuclear cells has been shown to generate hematopoietic progeny in lethally irradiated animals. The peripheral blood-derived cell clones expresses a variety of mesodermal and erythroid/myeloid transcription factors suggesting a multipotent differentiation potential like the bone marrow-derived 'multipotent adult p...

Patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) requiring mechanical circulatory support (MCS) are complex. The Impella CP (Abiomed, Danvers, MA) is a percutaneously placed left ventricular assist device and there no established best-practice for removal. Vascular complications from MCS devices common many patients undergo operative removal of these devices. To our knowledge published data concerning the ...