INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Invasive and pharmacological treatment of ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction reduces the rate of ischemic events but not bleeding complications. The objective of this study was to compare clinical results and bleeding complications between femoral and radial access routes in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction. METHODS An ev...

 Bleeding is a common and potentially serious complication of acute and chronic renal failure.  Most common: bleeding at the site of fistula access puncture or temporary venous access insertion.  GI bleeding: is observed in up to 1/3 of uremic patients.  Other: subdural hematoma, spontaneous retroperitoneal bleeding, spontaneous subcapsular hematoma of the liver, intraocular hemorrhage, and...

BACKGROUND The relationship between "on-treatment" low platelet reactivity and longitudinal risks of major bleeding dual antiplatelet therapy following acute coronary syndromes remains uncertain, especially for patients who do not undergo percutaneous coronary intervention. METHODS AND RESULTS We analyzed 2428 medically managed acute coronary syndromes patients from the Targeted Platelet Inhi...

Acute esophageal variceal hemorrhage is a terrible complication of portal hypertension and. rebleeding is very common in survivors of acute variceal bleeding. Traditional medical management options include the use of vasoconstrictor, balloon tamponade, and endoscopic therapy. Though endoscopic therapy has achieved successful hemostasis in the majority of acute variceal bleeding episodes, the ou...

BACKGROUND It is well known that the occurrence of bleeding increases in-hospital mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), and there is a good correlation between bleeding risk scores and bleeding incidence. However, the role of bleeding risk score as mortality predictor is poorly studied. OBJECTIVE The main purpose of this paper was to analyze the role of bleeding risk scor...

Acute myocardial infarction complicated by bleeding colon tumor is problematic with regard to management, and appropriate balance of antiplatelet or anticoagulation therapy and hemostasis or surgery is crucial for effective treatment. Here, we present a case of concomitant acute myocardial infarction and bleeding tumor in the transverse colon, and share our experience of successfully balancing ...

This chapter about hemorrhagic complications of anticoagulant treatment is part of the seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: Evidence Based Guidelines. Bleeding is the major complication of anticoagulant therapy. The criteria for defining the severity of bleeding varies considerably between studies, accounting in part for the variation in the rates of bleeding repo...

Severe trauma to the head may result in vascular injuries. The clinical presentation may be varied and cause either acute or chronic symptoms. The acute traumatic bleeding from the ear resulting from perforating or blunting trauma to the basal skull has been reported only rarely [1-3]. We are reporting our experiences of intravascular therapeutic technique that we used in treating acute traumat...

"Downhill" varices are a rare cause of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Rarely these varices are reported in patients receiving hemodialysis as a complication of chronic dialysis vascular access. We present a case of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in an individual with end-stage renal disease receiving hemodialysis. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed "downhill" varices in the uppe...