Dexamethasone (DXM) is known as an immunosuppressive drug used for inflammation control. In the present study, we attempted to examine whether DXM administration could attenuate the hypercoagulable state and the overproduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines, improve arterial hypotension, cerebral ischemia and damage, and vital organ failure in a rat model of heat stroke. The results indicated th...

UNLABELLED Acute myocardial infarction is usually caused by rupture of an atheromatous plaque in the coronary arteries. For patients without risk factors of atherosclerosis, other causes should be considered. We report on a 47-year-old woman with acute myocardial infarction but no cardiovascular risk factors, which was followed by deep vein thrombosis one week after recovery from acute myocardi...

Cardiovascular Risk? To the Editor: We have read the article by Kiechl et al1 demonstrating that acquired activated protein C resistance (APC) may be a risk factor for atherosclerosis and arterial thrombosis in whites. We2 previously demonstrated that acquired APC resistance is associated not only with venous thrombosis (deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism) but also with arterial...