- Interesting Images
A Dangerous “Alternans”
- Andrea Menafoglio and
- Marcello Di Valentino
A 68-year-old man was hospitalised because of three syncopes in the same day [...]
2011 12 - 5 articles
A 68-year-old man was hospitalised because of three syncopes in the same day [...]
The brachial artery flow-mediated dilation test (FMD) is the noninvasive gold standard used to test endothelial function. Reduced FMD is an early event in the development of atherosclerosis and provides a marker for predicting future cardiovascular d...
We report the case of a 47-year old man who presented with severe cardiogenic shock and signs of ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Urgent coronary angiography showed thrombotic occlusion of the mid left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the circ...
Aim: To determine population-attributable predicted coronary risk for major coronary risk factors and derive potential for reduction of global coronary risk. Methods: We obtained images of carotid atherosclerosis in practice-based subjects from self-...
Im Frühjahr 2011 erschien in Paris ein unauffälliges Büchlein mit dem auffälligen Titel «Indignez-vous!» [...]