…Other anti inflammatory strategies have produced less favourable results. Canakinumab, a monoclonal antibody directed against interleukin 1β, provided proof of concept but was not…

…membrane — not routinely . The wax has a protective function, and the commonest complication of ear syringing is that someone syringes an ear that did not…

…TOMAHAWK trials studied patients with ROSC who did not display ST segment elevations and randomized them to urgent angiography. These trials did not show any…

…the severity by the most serious finding. A patient does not have to meet every criterion in a column. Clinical deterioration or a poor response…

…term prediction of sudden cardiac arrest. The constraint does not lie in therapy: implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are highly effective, terminating well over 99% of…

…family history of premature coronary disease, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia did not fully explain the excess coronary risk. Rheumatoid arthritis RA is associated with increased carotid…

…life in several family members. Imaging studies did not reveal structural cardiac abnormalities, nor coronary artery disease. Another male patient, with similar ST segment changes…

…When did the patient first note the symptoms and how have the symptoms developed over time? In stable ischemic heart disease, symptoms are typically not…

…did not eliminate it. Angiographic restenosis—defined in the source material as follow up diameter stenosis greater than 50%—occurred in 20–30% of patients…

…than normal in these patients. However, it is still unknown whether that is actually the case; i.e repolarization may actually not start earlier than…