Diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) were established by a panel of experts at a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Conference in 1987. 1 A total of seven ...

Myocardial infarction or 'heart attack' is a type of acute coronary syndrome in which sudden blockage of a coronary artery, and subsequent myocardial ischaemia, results in damage to the surrounding ...

Background The use of artificial chords for mitral valve prolapse during minimally invasive mitral valve repair (MIMVR) has ...

What Is a Widowmaker Heart Attack? Heart attacks can be deadly, and the widowmaker is one of the deadliest kinds. It can happen suddenly when a key artery that moves blood to the heart gets almost or ...

Recent randomized clinical trials of endovascular therapy in patients with large infarct provided new evidence in support of endovascular interventions in patients with acute ischemic stroke. The ...

A 19-year-old man presented to the hospital with acute onset pain at the waist and evolving lower extremity weakness and numbness. While walking 2 hours before, he suddenly felt a sharp band-like pain ...

Multi-infarct dementia, also known as vascular dementia, is a form of dementia resulting from brain damage caused by stroke or transient ischemic attacks (also known as mini-strokes).

Background Current automatic software uses a fixed apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) threshold (≤620×10⁻⁶ mm²/s) to quantify stroke volume before endovascular thrombectomy (EVT). Clinically, ...

Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) is the most common acute coronary syndrome diagnosis in older patients. In the UK, there are ~20 000 NSTEMI cases annually in patients aged ≥75 ...