Acute limb ischemia (ALI) results from a sudden obstruction in the arterial flow to the extremity due to an embolism or thrombosis. Embolic problems result in a greater degree of ischemia than ...

Acute renal failure is caused by damage to the kidneys, which can occur as a result of blood loss, toxins, or physical damage to the kidneys. Acute renal failure occurs rapidly, causing generalized ...

The universal definition differentiates patients with myocardial infarction due to plaque rupture (type 1) from those due to myocardial oxygen supply-demand imbalance (type 2) secondary to other acute ...

Dr. Emmanuel Nwachuku is a vascular surgeon at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth. His practice involves management of the full spectrum of vascular disease and he performs both open and ...

We present a challenging case of infective endocarditis (IE) diagnosed after visual loss from bilateral ocular choroidal infarction in the absence of retinal vasculitis, typical retinal embolic ...

The present study was carried out to evaluate the ischaemia-reperfusion times in patients ≤40 years of age versus individuals ... All the patients have been included in the Galician Acute Myocardial ...

1 In the absence of typical presenting features such as acute fever, bacteraemia, peripheral vascular signs and a predisposing cardiac history, diagnosis may be challenging. Bilateral ocular choroidal ...

Introduction: Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS) accounts for a critical proportion of all ischemic strokes. Disambiguating embolism etiology is important to improve treatment efficacy and ...