background: serum n-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (nt-probnp), a polypeptide secreted by ventricular myocytes in response to stretch, was suggested as a predictor of adverse prognosis of the acute coronary syndrome (acs). we examined the association between nt-probnp level and angiographic findings in acs patients to determine whether it could be used as a predictor of the severity of ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the conventional angiographic findings in extremity trauma patients with or without runoff. METHODS This was cross-sectional study including all the patients with extremity trauma who underwent conventional angiography during the 2 year period from 2011 to 2013 in Angiography departments of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Mechanism of trauma, type of injury and an...

PURPOSE To characterize the clinical, MR, MR angiographic, and conventional angiographic findings in vertebrobasilar disease in children. METHODS Eight children with posterior circulation ischemia and infarction had conventional spin-echo MR and MR angiography of the head and neck. Six patients had conventional angiography. RESULTS Six patients had alteration of vertebral or basilar artery ...