Coronary heart disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Western countries. The best hope of salvaging viable myocardium after a coronary occlusion is by rapid reperfusion of the ischemic myocardium, either by thrombolysis or primary percutaneous coronary intervention. The use of intravenous intralipid infusion instead of thrombolysis or primary percutaneous coronary inter...

PCI remains the mainstay treatment for acute cardiac ischemia. The indications include Stable Ischemic Heart Disease, STEMI and NSTEMI. procedure involves use of a guided catheter steered to site coronary arterial blockage, followed by dilation balloon at its end remove blockage placement stent maintain patency. choice varies from case case. Certain alternatives adjuvant therapies are incorpora...

Revascularization risk-assessment tools guide optimal management of patients with coronary disease. However, until recently, percutaneous coronary intervention risk-prediction models had lagged behind surgical risk-prediction tools. Validated percutaneous coronary intervention risk calculators are now available, which allow the comparison of predicted 30-day mortality with coronary artery bypas...

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is rare. We describe a case of AMI in patient with ITP. An 81-year-old woman presented with acute inferoposterior MI with low platelet count on admission (34,000/µl). Coronary angiography revealed significant mid right coronary artery (RCA) stenosis with thrombus, subsequently underwent successful percutane...