March 8, 2004 (New Orleans) — A novel compound that inhibits calcium overload and increases calcium uptake in the sarcoplasmic reticulum fell short of expectations overall, but calderet showed promise ...

Unrecognized MI Prevalent in Older Adults, Ups Mortality For patients with anterior wall ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI), elevated white blood cell count (WBCc) on presentation is ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Results from the CHILL-MI trial indicate that induced hypothermia before PCI significantly reduced infarct size in patients with early anterior STEMI but not across the entire study ...

SAN DIEGO, CA— In first-time STEMI patients undergoing PCI after a proximal or mid LAD occlusion, the administration of a novel mitochondrial targeting peptide failed to reduce infarct size, according ...

Anterior Cerebral Artery Infarction. Axial CT scans. Note the hypodense area in the right medial frontal lobe in the distribution of the right anterior cerebral artery. As the lesion is more than 2-3 ...

TherOx, an Irvine, Calif.-based medical device company, seeks $25 million for the final push to bring its treatment to increase the quality of life for heart attack patients. The company’s optimized ...

Previous studies suggest that the proportion of ischemic risk zone that becomes necrotic following myocardial infarction (MI) is directly correlated with temperature. According to Hale and Kloner, [1] ...

The role of endovascular therapy for acute stroke with a large infarction has not been extensively studied in differing populations. We conducted a multicenter, prospective, open-label, randomized ...

A 53 year-old man developed the acute onset of tetraplegia. On exam, he had paralysis of the tongue and flaccid weakness of all four extremities. Sensation to pinprick was absent below the neck, but ...

Among patients with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), elevated white blood cell (WBC) count at baseline is a powerful independent predictor of infarct size as measured by ...