Trousseau syndrome is characterized by thromboembolism induced by malignancy[1]and typically affects middle-aged to elderly patients.[2-4]When faced with a young patient suffering from cerebral infarction and diffuse ...
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health grant number(R01 NS105853).
There has been growing interest and insight into the histological composition of retrieved stroke emboli.One of the main focuses of the stroke clot analysis literature has been the implications of clot composition on ...
Septic pulmonary emboli rarely cause respiratory failure that requires mechanical ventilation. The most common causes of septic pulmonary emboli are related to intravenous drug abuse, indwelling intravenous catheters,...
Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is characterized by acute severe hypoxemia with bilateral noncardiogenic pulmonary edema after transfusion of a plasma-containing blood component. In patients undergoing c...
Transcranial Doppler(TCD) is useful for investigation of intracranial arterial blood flow and can be used to detect a real-time embolic signal. Unfortunately, artefacts can mimic the embolic signal, complicating inter...
The prospective observational study was approved by the NHS Ethics Committee(MREC number 10/H1206/77);Research&Development Department(R&D C1080610).
Introduction:ABCD^(2) risk score and cerebral microemboli detected by transcranial Doppler(TCD)have been separately shown to the predict risk of recurrent acute stroke.We studied whether ABCD2 risk score predicts cere...
Hydrogen peroxide is a common over-the-counter solution that has developed a growing body of literature regarding toxic ingestion. Intentional ingestion of high concentration hydrogen peroxide for health purposes has ...
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a leading cause of death worldwide. It has been clinically classified into 1) ischemic from a primary coronary event (e.g., plaque rupture or thrombotic occlusion), 2) ischemic fro...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81272640 and No.81470848;Guangdong Science and Technology Program,No.2010B031200008 and No.2012B031800043
Endoscopic variceal obturation of gastric varices with tissue glue is considered the first choice for management of gastric varices, and is usually safe and effective. However, there is still a low incidence of compli...
Retinal emboli are opacities identified in retinal arterioles and are often incidental findings on ophthalmic examination. They are generally composed of cholesterol, platelet-fibrin, or calcium and are thought to ari...