The article presents a case of successful surgical treatment pulmonary embolism in patient with high risk early cardiac death on the background paradoxical complicated by acute cerebrovascular accident. Cryptogenic accident combination severe progressive right ventricular failure causes serious difficulties making decisions regarding tactics these patients. Intracardiac localization thromboembo...

Thrombectomy is a common procedure performed to declot thrombosed dialysis arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or arteriovenous graft (AVG). Complications associated with access thrombectomy like pulmonary embolism have been reported, but paradoxical embolism is extremely rare. We report a case of a 74-year-old black man with past medical history significant for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), atrial f...

This systematic review examines levels of evidence and recommendation grades of various therapeutic interventions of inspiratory muscle training in people who have had a stroke. Benefits from different levels of force and resistance in respiratory muscles are shown in this population. This review was conducted following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analy...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The epidemiology of dialysis requiring acute kidney injury (AKI-D) in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) admissions is poorly understood with previous studies being from a single center or year. METHODS We used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample to evaluate the yearly incidence trends of AKI-D in hospitalizations with AIS and ICH from 2002 to 20...

<b><i>Background:</i></b> While the most common neurologic symptoms reported in patients affected by SARS-CoV-2 are headache, dizziness, myalgia, mental fog, and anosmia, there is a growing basis of published peer-reviewed cases reporting stroke setting infection. The literature suggests an increased risk cerebrovascular accident (CVA) COVID-19 <b><i>Methods:...