A common cause of myocardial infarction and stroke is the rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. The exact location of plaque ruptures has previously been unknown, but now researchers at Lund University ...

AMONG the complications that may plague the patient with myocardial infarction, there are few more dramatic or serious than rupture through an infarct involving the interventricular septum. To be sure ...

Myocardial rupture is a rare condition where heart muscles tear mostly after suffering a heart attack Though often ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

The reason for such a large discrepancy primarily concerns each author's criteria for inclusion or noninclusion of cases in the painless group. Some omit sudden deaths whereas others include them; ...