Aims To report the longer term outcomes following either a strategy of endovascular repair
first or open repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, which are necessary for both …

Objectives: This study sought to determine the clinical and biological significance of
elevated cardiac troponin T (cTnT) in patients with neuromuscular diseases. Background …

Aims To investigate whether aneurysm shape and extent, which indicate whether a patient
with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) is eligible for endovascular repair (EVAR) …

Finger discoloration may result from recognized conditions affecting upper limb vasculature.
We describe 11 patients who presented with acute pain, swelling and blue/purple …

Anabolic steroids have been associated with a variety of adverse reactions, including
myocardial infarction. We report two cases of myocardial infarction in young men on …

Background. Restoring blood flow to ischaemic tissue can cause lung damage with
pulmonary oedema. Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) solution, when used for volume …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of HES, used as a plasma volume expander, on
endothelial cell activation induced by ischaemia-reperfusion in humans. MATERIAL AND …

The aim of this study was to determine the clinical, echocardiographic, and hemodynamic
predictors of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) and thrombus, respectively, in …

Background: Gastric intramucosal pH (pHi), a surrogate marker of splanchnic oxygenation,
falls following abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery. Aim: To investigate the effects of volume …

BACKGROUND The flow convergence region (FCR), a zone of progressive laminar velocity
acceleration, can be imaged by color Doppler proximal to stenotic and regurgitant orifices …