spontaneous coronary artery dissection (scad) is a rare condition that can result in unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, and sudden death. this condition may occur particularly in women during late pregnancy and in the postpartum period. we present the case of a 33-year-old african american woman, who had spontaneous left anterior descending coronary artery (lad) dissection two weeks ...

Abstract Background The recent advances in magnetic resonance imaging techniques have improved the assessment of acute stroke. Susceptibility weighted (SWI) has a crucial role management plan cerebral ischemia. This study was aimed to assess susceptibility-weighted area at risk (pneumbra) compared CT perfusion patients with ischemic infraction. Results We found mean aspect score for SWI 4 ± 1.4...

To improve the specificity of biochemical markers of myocardial infarction (MI) a method to measure cardiac troponin-I (CTn-I) was developed. CTn-I is a protein unique to cardiac muscle and is released after MI. Consecutive 150 patients admitted to the coronary care unit was studied. Value of CTn-I was determined in all samples. CTn-I concentration in the MI patients group was increased com...

echocardiography is a non-invasive diagnostic technique which provides information regarding cardiac function and hemodynamics. it is the most frequently used cardiovascular diagnostic test after electrocardiography and chest x-ray. however, in a patient with acute chest pain, transthoracic echocardiography is essential both for diagnosing acute coronary syndrome, zeroing on the evaluation of v...

triggering of acute myocardial infarction   m. salehian [1]     abstract     coronary heart disease (chd) is the leading cause of death in the united states each year about 450.000 people die from chd, and 1.000.000 experience an initial or recurrent coronary event. plaque rupture and it's its subsequent thrombosis at the site of the plaque rupture is the most common underlying pathophysio...