Introduction :Today there is general awareness of the potential damage to the heart in left- sided (more than in rightsided) breast cancer radiotherapy.     Material & Method: Historical changes in tumor and heart doses are presented here along with the impact of different RT techniques and volumes. Results: Individual and pharm...

Cardiac diseases are common post-stroke and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. One possible mechanism of acute cardiac injury is the neurogenic myocardial damage, where the cerebral injury is disturbing the normal sympathetic and parasympathetic neuronal outflow to the heart leading to cardiac damage including myocardial infarctions. The exact mechanism is not completely und...

bipolar cardiac electrograms were obtained in dogs from ischemic areas following temporary coronary artery ligation. characteristic alterations from the controls were observed, including increase in dura tion, decrease in amplitude and alterations in configuration. these changes were found to be completely reversible upon restoration of coronary flow. the bipolar electrogram has been recommende...

introduction: an attack of acute myocardial infarction (mi) poses the threat of great damage to cardiac tissue. operative therapeutic modalities such as coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) may enhance myocardial perfusion in high-grade coronary vasculature occlusions. it has been shown previously that low-level laser therapy (lllt) significantly reduces infarct size following induction of my...

cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cmri) is a well-established noninvasive imaging modality in clinical cardiology. its ability to provide tissue characterization make it well suited for the study of patients with cardiac diseases. we describe a multi-modality imaging evaluation of a 45-year-old man who experienced a near drowning event during swimming. we underline the unique capability of ti...