Introduction: Acute coronary syndrome in pediatric patients with graft-versus-host disease is rare. Case Report: We present an 18-year-old male referred for chest pain, electrocardiogram abnormalities, and troponin leak. Additional risk factors acute included chronic steroid use, elevated triglyceride/low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels cannabis use. A catheterization revealed >90% occlusio...

OBJECTIVES Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease. Research has focused on identifying specific serum biomarkers to detect vulnerable plaques. These markers serve as diagnostic tools for acute coronary syndrome and assist in identifying high-risk patients. However, the existing data are limited and conflicting. This study tested the hypothesis that CD137 levels identify patients with...

Acute coronary syndromes are brought on by a sudden occlusion of artery. Depending the severity and location obstruction, effects can range from unstable angina to non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), ST-segment (STEMI), cardiac death. Except for death, each syndrome shares similar symptoms, such as nausea, diaphoresis, discomfort in chest with or without dyspnea. Electrocar...

ABSTRACT Managing patients with chest pain in deployed and austere environments can be extremely challenging for military health care providers. Limited resources, including access to equipment, emergent cardiac catheterization, surgery, lead deleterious consequences, myonecrosis possible death. Wellens syndrome is a form of acute coronary that involves stenosis the left anterior descending art...

OBJECTIVES The recent National Service Framework for coronary heart disease advocates the establishment of rapid assessment clinics for chest pain. But how should these clinics be organised and do they fulfil their objectives? The aim of this study was to compare referral patterns to a daily and a weekly "one stop" rapid access chest pain clinic (RACPC), and to examine clinical outcome in patie...

The observation of low transcutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) in otherwise well sickle cell patients has lead to questions about the interpretation of pulse oximetry values in these patients. We undertook a prospective study of children with sickle cell disease to (1) determine the prevalence of, and factors associated with, low transcutaneous SaO2 in clinically well patients, (2) dev...

INTRODUCTION Pancoast syndrome is characterized by Horner syndrome, shoulder pain radiating down the arm, compression of the brachial blood vessels, and, in long-standing cases, atrophy of the arm and hand muscles. It is most commonly associated with lung carcinoma but rarely is seen with certain infections. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 51-year-old Caucasian man who had acute my...

INTRODUCTION The mean platelet volume (MPV) is an easily measurable parameter directly correlated with platelet aggregation function, proven to be increased in acute coronary syndromes, but also in the presence of cardiovascular risk factors such as the metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension. OBJECTIVE This study intended to assess the role of the metabolic...