It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the
use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the …

Heart failure (HF) is a major and growing public health problem in the United States.
Approximately 5 million patients in this country have HF, and over 550 000 patients are …

Background The success of thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction is limited by
bleeding complications, the impossibility of reperfusing all occluded coronary arteries …

Background—The extent of microvascular obstruction during acute coronary occlusion may
determine the eventual magnitude of myocardial damage and thus, patient prognosis after …

The complement system is an important mediator of the acute inflammatory response, and
an effective inhibitor would suppress tissue damage in many autoimmune and inflammatory …

For nearly a decade, it has been appreciated that 1) thrombotic occlusion of an epicardial
coronary artery is usually the proximate cause of acute myocardial infarction; 2) after sudden …

WHEN Daniel 1 requested that he and his compatriots be served pulse and water while
Nebuchadnezzar's other young servants be served the king's food and wine, he was …

Hypertension plays a key role in the evolution of the syndrome of heart failure. Hypertension
has been identified as the chief precursor of left ventricular hypertrophy. Hypertensive left …

Background Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is often performed
after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) either as an adjuvant to thrombolytic therapy or …

This study examined the relation between the risk of cardiac rupture and the timing of
thrombolyiic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. To test the hypothesis that cardiac …