Myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack, can strike without warning. A myocardial infarction occurs when blood supply to a part of the myocardium (heart muscle) is interrupted, either by lack of blood flow, obstruction by a clot, or rupture of a plaque (a buildup of fat and other substances in the blood) in a coronary (heart) artery. Many individuals have coronary artery disease and...

background and objectives: in spite of large number of studies conducted so far, sudden cardiac death remains an enigma and relative importance of acute coronary events as a trigger of sudden death is currently unclear. an autopsy study of heart was therefore planned to observe various histomorphological cardiac changes, and to determine the frequency association of acute coronary events and my...

Background:Spontaneous bladder rupture is a rare condition, and almost all the reported cases in the world have been preceded by bladder dysfunction, radiotherapy, urinary tract obstruction, pelvic surgery, inflammation, and malignancy. Case report: In this study, we present the case of a 39-year-old woman (G: 4, P: 1, Ab: 2) who was in week 38 of pregnancy and attended our hospital with the on...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to elucidate the mechanisms and underlying biomechanical factors that may play a role in the risk of rupture of vulnerable plaques (VPs) by studying patient-based geometries of coronary arteries reconstructed from intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging utilizing fluid-structure interaction (FSI) numerical simulations. BACKGROUND According to recent estima...

5-FU was discontinued. Previous reports have identified angina1 symptoms as a rare symptom of 5-FU cardiac toxicity.1-5 Some of these patients had also undergone irradiation4 of the left ventricle or had coronary artery disease.‘s3 Underwood et a1.6 suggested coronary artery spasm as a possible mechanism of toxicity. Other proposed mechanisms have included an autoimmune response and inflammator...

Although the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) has decreased in United States, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains a major medical problem. Many patients still need emergency care department (ED) due to complications mechanical, inflammatory, and embolic factors. This summary aims provide brief available evidence clinical medicine regarding evaluation management after infarction. ...

Among 81 patients who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation between July 1986 and December 1990, we found rupture of the donor ascending aorta in three patients, all with severe ventricular dysfunction secondary to aortic valvular disease. The mechanism for this may be compliance mismatch between the recipient ascending aorta and the donor ascending aorta. This situation is a unique compli...