Admission rates among patients presenting to emergency departments with possible acute coronary syndromes are high, although for most of these patients, the symptoms are ultimately found not to ...

Studies in animals and in vitro and phase 2 studies in humans suggest that statins may be beneficial in the treatment of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This study tested the ...

Tallaght University Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland (M.M.K.). Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom (M.M.K., N.N., S.M., M.O ...

Aims and Objectives D- dimer is the only biomarker currently recommended in guidelines for the diagnosis of acute aortic syndrome (AAS). We undertook a systematic review to determine whether any ...

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery (T.J.D., M.S., H.R., C.D.), University Heart and Vascular Center, Hamburg, Germany. Institute of Human Genetics, University ...

Introduction Interarm systolic BP differential is a classic sign of acute aortic dissection (AAD). All previous studies looking at the association of BP differential with AAD combine systolic BP ...

In this 10-year nationwide retrospective cohort study, it was found that in patients discharged alive after hospitalisation for acute aortic dissection, treatment with statins was associated with ...