Key points A 57-year-old man presented to the emergency department with back and right upper quadrant abdominal pain that progressed to painful right leg swelling over a few days. His vital signs at ...

The win ratio is a method for analyzing a hierarchical composite outcome. It has been most widely used in randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in cardiovascular disease. We performed a review of ...

We also provide focused updates on the following: genetics of SCAD, the role of cardiac CT angiography and cardiac MRI, the use of intracoronary imaging, revascularisation techniques and the overlap ...

In addition to fluid resuscitation and various vasopressors that may be used to prevent complications, anticoagulation for pulmonary embolism, and supportive care for amniotic fluid embolism, the ...

Ireland: A recent secondary analysis of the DISCHARGE randomized clinical trial has shown that in patients with stable chest pain, computed tomography (CT) and invasive coronary angiography (ICA) ...

ouh.nhs.uk Objective When reporting coronary CT angiography (CCTA), extracardiac structures are ... all of these were dyspnoeic at the time and had deteriorating pulmonary function tests. One patient ...

Before receiving world-class care at the hospital, patients who travel by air in excess of six to eight hours should be sure to take necessary precautions to avoid blood-clotting complications such as ...

Objective To investigate whether virtual autopsy with postmortem CT (PMCT ... all three pulmonary embolisms diagnosed at autopsy were also assigned as cause of death at PMCT. In a further three cases, ...

The numbers of exposures and vessels catheterized per patient decreased throughout this time, reflecting a trend towards a more tailored examination per patient—specifically, using available imaging ...

On recognition of a cardiac arrest event, a layperson should simultaneously and promptly activate the emergency response system and initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Recognition that all ...