Nitric oxide function in atherosclerosis by K. E. Matthys, H. Bult

“…This defect predisposes to coronary vasospasm and cardiac ischaemia, with anginal pain as the typical clinical manifestation. …”
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Type II Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy Secondary to Malaria by Alastair David Bezzina, Jeremy Spiteri Bailey, Isaac Bertuello

“…This case report sheds more light on the extent of neurosensory retinal ischaemia in malarial retinopathy and showcases a new imaging biomarker which may be utilized in assessing and quantifying the functional deficit created by this disease.…”
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Surgical treatment of anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery in paediatric patients: a Chinese single-center experience by Kai Luo, Bin Ji, Qi-Liang Zhang, Xiao-Yang Zhang, Yan-Jun Pan, Zhong-Qun Zhu, Qiang Chen, Xiao-Min He, Jing-Hao Zheng

“…Surgery should be considered for patients with ALCA as well as patients with ARCA with symptoms of myocardial ischaemia or a positive diagnosis of myocardial ischaemia or ventricular arrhythmia. …”
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Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest due to Coronary Spasm with Recurrent Ventricular Fibrillation by Vrijraj Sinhji Rathod, Tanmay Kanitkar, Grigoris Karamasis

“…We present a case of ventricular fibrillation (VF) secondary to ischaemia induced by coronary artery spasm. An 82-year-old man initially presented with an out-of-hospital VF arrest. …”
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Management of an early anastomotic stricture using the Seldinger technique by Dimitrios Kehagias, Francesk Mulita, Fotios Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis Kehagias

“…The predisposing factors for this serious complication are not clearly understood, but anastomotic leakage, preoperative radiation, and ischaemia due to excessive tension in the anastomosis correlate with increased incidence [4]. …”
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Technical Considerations of Giant Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm Exclusion by James Barr, Metesh Nalin Acharya, Antonios Kourliouros, Shahzad Gull Raja

“…Persistent ventricular fibrillation occurred upon chest closure, attributed to ischaemia following ligation of the aneurysmal coronary artery. …”
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GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by María Isabel del Olmo-Garcia, Juan Francisco Merino-Torres

“…GLP-1 RA actions not only translate on an improvement of well-known cardiovascular risk factors such as glycaemic control, dyslipidaemia, weight, or arterial hypertension but also might show benefits on endothelial function, coronary ischaemia, and heart failure. On the other hand, recent clinical trials aimed at studying cardiovascular episodes have been conducted with GLP-1 RAs. …”
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Delayed Presentation of Gluteal Compartment Syndrome: The Argument for Fasciotomy by John E. Lawrence, Duncan J. Cundall-Curry, Kuldeep K. Stohr

“…Following an initial diagnosis of acute limb ischaemia the patient was transferred to a tertiary centre where Computed Tomography Angiography was reported as normal. …”
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Potential of Novel EPO Derivatives in Limb Ischemia by Dhiraj Joshi, Janice Tsui, Rebekah Yu, Xu Shiwen, Sadasivam Selvakumar, David J. Abraham, Daryll M. Baker

“…This paper summarizes the development in EPO derivatives with emphasis on their potential use in critical limb ischaemia.…”
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Priapism in a Child from Homocystinuria from Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase MTHFR (C677T) Mutation by Ameer Kakaje, Ammar Fadel, Osama Hosam Aldeen, Othman Hamdan

“…It can be caused by ischaemia in sickle cell anaemia, leukaemia, trauma, drugs, or idiopathy. …”
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Hyperechoic papillary muscle: A sign of ALCAPA in the presence of left-to-right shunts by Thanigai Arasu, T Komal, Krishnan Ganapathy Subramaniam, Dhruva Sharma, N. Srinath Reddy

“…Anomalous left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) should be suspected in the presence of hyperechoic papillary muscles, which could be a sign of papillary muscle ischaemia. ALCAPA can be missed in the presence of significant left-to-right shunts, which increases the pulmonary artery (PA) pressures and the oxygenation of pulmonary arterial blood. …”
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Recurrent Autonomic Dysreflexia due to Chronic Aortic Dissection in an Adult Male with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury by Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Peter L. Hughes, Tun Oo, Bakul M. Soni

“…Since this patient did not show clinical features of mesenteric or lower limb ischaemia, the vascular surgeon did not recommend subdiaphragmatic aortic replacement.…”
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Management of the Acute Scrotum in a District General Hospital: 10-Year Experience by Lukas Tajchner, John O. Larkin, Michael G. Bourke, Ronan Waldron, Kevin Barry, Paul W. Eustace

“…Testicular salvage depends critically on early surgical intervention, so the delay incurred in diagnostic imaging may extend the period of ischaemia. Furthermore, all radiological investigations have a certain false-negative rate. …”
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Superfoods and their impact on brain health: a systematic review by Raghupathi Niranjan Kumar, Haja Nazeer Ahamed

“…Ficus carica, Punica granatum, and Phoenix dactylifera antioxidants inhibit cerebral ischaemia. Conclusion After reviewing 95 papers, Ficus carica, Crocus sativus, Beta vulgaris, Murraya koenigii, Punica granatum, and Phoenix dactylifera are neuroprotective and therapeutic. …”
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Neurodegeneration in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus without Diabetic Retinopathy by Elena Garcia-Martin, Marta Cipres, Isabel Melchor, Laura Gil-Arribas, Elisa Vilades, Vicente Polo, Maria Jesus Rodrigo, Maria Satue

“…Systemic vascular complications contributed to further axonal damage in these patients, suggesting a possible role of subclinical ischaemia to retinal neurodegeneration in type 2 DM.…”
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Role of brain tissue oxygenation (PbtO2) in the management of subarachnoid haemorrhage: a scoping review protocol by Mauro Oddo, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Marco Fiore, Jacques Creteur, Elisa Bogossian

“…Moreover, some patients will experience tissue hypoxia in a later phase after admission due to the occurrence of delayed cerebral ischaemia. Therefore, the measurement of brain oxygenation using invasive techniques has become of great interest. …”
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Purtscher-Like Retinopathy by Rita Massa, Carolina Vale, Mafalda Macedo, Maria João Furtado, Miguel Gomes, Miguel Lume, Angelina Meireles

“…Purtscher-like retinopathy is associated with retinal hemorrhages and ischaemia probably due to the complement-mediated leukoembolization. …”
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Prognostic and diagnostic accuracy of intracoronary electrocardiogram recorded during percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis by Jun Fan, Weijie Li, Yizhi Pan, Jialin He, Jiankai Huang, Pingan Chen

“…Objective Intracoronary ECG (IC-ECG) recording has been shown to be sensitive and reliable for detecting myocardial viability and local myocardial ischaemia in some studies. But IC-ECG is neither widely used during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) nor recommended in guidelines. …”
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Relevance of the GH-VEGFB/VEGFA axis in liver grafts from brain-dead donors with alcohol-associated liver disease by Marc Micó-Carnero, Marc Micó-Carnero, Carlos Rojano-Alfonso, Carlos Rojano-Alfonso, Cristina Maroto-Serrat, Cristina Maroto-Serrat, Juan Carlos Cutrin, Araní Casillas-Ramírez, Araní Casillas-Ramírez, Carmen Peralta

“…IntroductionGrafts with alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) subjected to prolonged cold ischaemia from donors after brain death (DBD) are typically unsuitable for transplantation. …”
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Improving the accUracy of Referrals to the emerGency departmEnt of patieNts with chesT pain using the modified HEART score in Emergency Medical Transport (URGENT 2.0): protocol for... by Joan G Meeder, Frits H M Van Osch, Robert T A Willemsen, Braim M Rahel, Lisa D S Frenk, Cees B de Vos, Fabiana G Prestigiacomo, Marcel J W Janssen, Arnoud W van 't Hof

“…Traditionally, distinguishing patients with cardiac ischaemia from patients with less alarming disease, in prehospital triage of chest pain, is challenging for both general practitioners and ambulance paramedics. …”
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