Strokes are a medical emergency, yet imaging can capture only snapshots of how brain damage develops in the hours and days ...

Acute kidney injury occurring within 48 hours of infarct-related cardiogenic shock marks a high-risk haemodynamic phenotype ...

In patients with acute stroke and a large infarct of unrestricted size, thrombectomy and medical care led to better functional outcomes and lower mortality compared with medical care alone, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — Sodium thiosulfate, administered before and after reperfusion for STEMI, did not improve infarct ...

Headache is infrequent in acute lacunar infarction, but it might nevertheless have important clinical implications. Arboix et al. investigated whether the site of infarct affects the incidence of ...

The literature examining the utility of beta blockers in the setting of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) to limit infarct size has produced conflicting results within and across treatment eras. Animal ...

Epicardial adipose tissue was associated with greater cardiac injury among patients who experienced an acute myocardial ...

Colchicine fails to protect against myocardial injury in STEMI when given at the time of reperfusion then continued for 5 days after, according to data from the randomized COVERT-MI. There also is a ...

Life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias often occur after a heart attack, as the scar tissue can interfere with the spread of electrical impulses that activate the heart. Scientists have now developed a ...