…the pressure in the aorta. The greater the pressure in the aorta, the greater the load on individual muscle fibers. Also, the load on individual…

…participate in a sustained inflammatory response. Lipid accumulation, oxidative stress and immune activation progressively alter the local vascular environment. The extracellular matrix is an active…

…excited, it is accompanied with a sensation, which threatens instant death if the motion is persisted in; and, that on stopping, the distress immediately abates…

… rather, it is the biological composition and inflammatory activity of the plaque that dictate clinical risk [8] . Plaques The architecture and composition of the atherosclerotic…

…which spreads through the myocardium like a wavefront in water. Specific ion channels located on the cell membranes open and close during de and repolarization…

…Upon such damage, the plaque exposes highly thrombogenic materials which activate circulating platelets and coagulation factors, which results in thrombus formation (Figure 1). Disruption of…

…be considered. The doses and Swedish thresholds below are based on the national guideline for the management of reperfusion treatment in ischaemic stroke, Nationell arbetsgrupp…

…Proceed in parallel to definitive control of the bleeding. Activate the protocol in Activation must be based on an overall assessment, not on a single…

…a new oxygen requirement, a saturation below 93 per cent on air, or a falling PaO2 Circulation A systolic blood pressure of 100 mmHg or…

…regulation. Diagnosis is based on the coexistence of defined clinical and laboratory components; the diagnostic criteria themselves are not reproduced in the available source material…