Immediate coronary angiography did not improve 5-year survival compared with delaying the procedure in adults resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest without ST-segment elevation. Other major ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you address intestinal angina? What are the symptoms, diagnostic tools and treatment? Is there any relation with it to gallbladder issues? I have experienced unexplained nausea ...

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Ingestion of foreign bodies, particularly sharp objects like toothpicks, can lead to severe gastrointestinal complications. This case report describes a rare instance of a superior mesenteric artery ...

Background Chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) is a debilitating disease with a heavy burden on quality of life. Stenting of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) is the first option for treatment, but ...

Chronic intestinal bleeding caused by vascular malformations is uncommon. Locating these small intestinal vascular malformations with precision during surgery remains a challenge. With the rapid ...

Nutcracker syndrome is a rare condition that happens when the vein that drains your left kidney gets squeezed between big blood vessels in your belly. It can be very painful, but it's usually not ...

Ischemic colitis reduces blood flow to the colon or large intestine. Mesenteric ischemia is a reduction in blood flow to the small intestine due to the narrowing of the arteries. Both conditions are ...

Transradial access (TRA) results in a lower diagnostic success rate and longer procedural times compared with transfemoral access (TFA) in patients undergoing cerebral angiography, the randomized ...

Immediate coronary angiography might, in fact, be harmful for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) but without ST-segment elevation, according to a new Bayesian analysis combining ...

Abstract: Aim of this study is to assess the role of multi-slice CT angiography (MSCTA) in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI). MSCTA was performed on 27 ...

When Chris Abrunzo was in his early 20s, his father was struck by the kind of heart attack known as a "widow maker." The severe cardiac events are often fatal, and while Abrunzo's father survived, it ...