RV ischemia or infarction

Spinal Cord Infarction

Anterior epistaxis

Anterior lobe lesions

Anterior Pituitary Function

Relationship Between Hospital Readmission and Mortality Rates for Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, or Pneumonia Hospital Performance and Readmission/Mortality Rates

ImportanceThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly reports hospital 30-day, all-cause, risk-standardized mortality rates (RSMRs) and 30-day, all-cause, risk-standardized readmission rates...

Gender gap in myocardial infarction mortality

Women are more likely to die from a myocardial infarction than men, according to research presented at the Acute Cardiac Care Congress 2012. The gender gap in mortality was independent of patient char...

Acute Anterior Uveitis After Intravenous Zoledronate

About one in 100 patients could develop acute anterior uveitis (AAU) in the week after receiving intravenous zoledronate, researchers from New Zealand report. Reuters Health Information

Women more likely to die from myocardial infarction than men

(European Society of Cardiology) Women are more likely to die from a myocardial infarction than men, according to research to be presented at the Acute Cardiac Care Congress 2012. The gender gap in mo...

Treatment for acute anterior cruciate ligament tear: five year outcome of randomised trial

Objective To compare, in young active adults with an acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear, the mid-term (five year) patient reported and radiographic outcomes between those treated with...

Study finds decline in 30-day mortality of acute myocardial infarction with improved treatment

Improved treatment after acute myocardial infarction and less severe patient profile have reduced 30-day mortality over the past 15 years, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2012.

Imaging vital to localize stroke

Clinical signs and symptoms can rarely distinguish posterior circulation infarction from anterior circulation infarction, say researchers.Licensed from Medwire news with permission from Springer Healt...

Transforming Quality of Care and Improving Outcomes After Acute MI Lessons From the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction Lessons From the NRMI

The National Registry of Myocardial Infarction (NRMI) was the leading cardiovascular disease (CVD) patient registry from 1990 to 2006 in both size and duration. Notably, the various analyses and publi...

Clinical and MRI characteristics of acute migrainous infarction.

Migrainous infarction is considered a rare complication of migraine. Although several studies reported silent brain lesions on neuroimaging in patients with migraine with aura, knowledge about lesion...

Circadian variation of acute st segment elevation myocardial infarction by anatomic location in a Turkish cohort.

Background: To evaluate the relationship between site of infarction (anterior vs. inferior) and circadian variation in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in a Turkish coh...

Differences in Negative T Waves Between Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Reperfused Anterior Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Background: In both takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) and reperfused anterior acute myocardial infarction (AMI), negative T waves commonly appear on the ECG in the subacute phase. This study aimed to clar...

Frequency of left ventricular thrombus in patients with anterior wall acute myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention and dual antiplatelet therapy.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of left ventricular (LV) thrombus formation and important determinants in patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction localize...

Predictors of omega-3 index in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

To identify the patient and dietary characteristics associated with low omega-3 levels in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and determine whether these characteristics are useful to iden...