…The standard investigation in acute stroke to identify large vessel occlusion, dissection or other vascular pathology CT perfusion Used with an unclear time of onset…

…including acute occlusions, subtotal stenoses, and discusses associated clinical presentations, prognostic implications, and management strategies. In the GRACE ECG substudy of 5000 patients with non…

…myocardial necrosis. It most commonly reflects atherothrombosis: disruption of an atherosclerotic plaque followed by platelet activation and coagulation, with formation of an intraluminal thrombus. The…

…artery occlusion is located. The term culprit – which means "the guilty one" – is used to denote the occluded coronary artery. In the majority of cases…

…reperfusion therapy. This approach fails to identify a substantial proportion of patients with acute coronary occlusion (ACO) who present without diagnostic ST elevation, often resulting…

…is caused by partial occlusion of the artery (i.e. coronary blood flow is not completely obstructed). NSTE ACS typically presents with ST segment depressions…

…waves) do not affect the management of cardiac arrest. Recurrent VT or VF after ROSC in a patient with a coronary risk profile should lead…

…microcirculation. Indeed, studies show that 15–35% of patients with STE ACS/STEMI have inadequate microvascular flow despite patent epicardial blood flow. In such cases…

…19th century first linked thrombotic occlusion of a coronary artery with myocardial necrosis. Although early clinical descriptions emerged at the dawn of the 20th century…

…a cerebral artery is occluded due to local atherothrombosis or occlusion due to embolization. Approximately 30% of all ischemic strokes are caused by cardiac embolism…