OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to investigate the nature of the association between silent ischemia and postoperative myocardial infarction (PMI). BACKGROUND Silent ischemia predicts cardiac morbidity and mortality in both ambulatory and postoperative patients. Whether silent stress-induced ischemia is merely a marker of extensive coronary artery disease or has a closer association wit...

RATIONALE Woven coronary artery is an extremely unusual congenital anomaly with unknown etiology. Because of normal flow after anomalous segment, this anomaly is considered to be benign. PATIENT CONCERNS A 51-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with exertional dyspnea that he had experienced for half a year. Woven coronary artery was found in coronary angiography. DIAGNOSES The patien...

background: unstable angina and myocardial infarction are developed due to atherosclerosis of coronary arteries. at present, cholestrol, triglyceride, and lipoproteins are the most common risk factors of death. the purpose of this study was to assess the serum levels of lp (a), ldl-c, vldl-c, hdl-c in cases of unstable angina and myocardial infarction.methods: this study was conducted to compar...

Autonomic neuropathy is associated with an increased incidence of silent myocardial infarction and sudden death. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of silent myocardial ischaemia in diabetic patients with autonomic neuropathy and without. Five standard autonomic function tests were performed on 41 men with diabetes: postural change in blood pressure, postural change in ...

In this case, we describe a 33-year-old man presenting with acute mesenteric ischemia. When we searched for a source of embolism, a giant right atrial mass and patent foramen ovale was discovered. Standard electrocardiography showed signs of an old, silent anteroseptal wall myocardial infarction, confirmed by echocardiography and left ventriculography. Coronary angiography revealed complete occ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a common form of hemoglobinopathy and is highly prevalent worldwide. Silent cerebral infarction, which represents infarction without clinical signs, is a risk factor for clinical stroke in patients with SCD. It is well known that silent infarction predisposes patients with SCD to overt stroke. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of silent infar...

serum ige and beta 2 microglobulin levels were determined in 31 patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction and 30 patients with other forms of ischemic heart disease. the levels of these parameters were studied on the first, third and seventh day after the onset of disease. the immunological method used for the determinations was elisa patients with myocardial infarction showed an elev...

To determine the incidence of perioperative silent cerebral infarction, 97 patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy were prospectively studied with preoperative and postoperative computed tomograms. Thirty-one of 96 patients (32%) had findings of cerebral infarction on preoperative computed tomograms. Silent cerebral infarction was found preoperatively in 17 patients (18%) (lacunar infarct...

Cynics ons SugarLoafmountain granite stack at 30 metres a day, spending most of their time bivouacked in portable platforms hanging from a single hook. From the city you could just see their banner, tiny against the grey green rock face, creeping higher day by day. It was like a barometer for the negotiations. Today they would reach the top. As Edwin Drummond and Tess Burrows finally scrambled ...

background: diabetes mellitus is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular disease, including acute myocardial infarction (ami). management of risk factors and the other prevention services in recent years lead to a significant decrease in ami incidence. however, to examine the success of those strategies to control diabetes, this study aimed to identify the trends in prevalence of diabetes melli...