DAIC

JANUARY 24, 2025

Ruff, MD, MPH, director of General Cardiology at Brigham and Womens Hospital, associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, senior investigator in the TIMI Study Group, and principal investigator of the AZALEA-TIMI 71 trial.

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation General Cardiology Stroke 52

DAIC

MARCH 31, 2025

Ruff, MD, MPH, senior investigator of TIMI Group, director General Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and associate professor, Harvard Medical School. There is a need for safer anticoagulants that can prevent thrombotic events while minimizing excess bleeding, said Christian T.

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Atrial Fibrillation BMI General Cardiology Thrombosis 52

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In an earlier post on Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS) , I had mentioned about ARCADIA trial (AtRial Cardiopathy and Antithrombotic Drugs In Prevention After Cryptogenic Stroke) which was testing whether there is role for apixaban compared to aspirin for prevention of recurrent stroke in ESUS.

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APRIL 28, 2024

Pulmonary embolism is obstruction of blood vessels of the lungs by clots carried by blood circulation, usually from the legs. Remember that by preventing blood clots in the legs, you are preventing a life threatening disease called pulmonary embolism, in which oxygen level of blood can fall markedly.

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MARCH 20, 2024

It is used for pulmonary angiography by the transfemoral route and it is also used for clot lysis in pulmonary embolism. It has a gentle curve here and almost a right angled curve just before the multiple side holes. So it is used both diagnostically as well as therapeutically. This is another angled pigtail catheter.

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APRIL 30, 2024

Mid cavity obstruction in HCM is associated with apical aneurysm, systemic embolism, and arrhythmias. LVOTO is due to septal hypertrophy, SAM, and anterior displacement of mitral valve apparatus. Doppler echo showing LVOT gradient in HCM.

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MAY 22, 2024

About a fifth of all ischemic strokes are attributed to embolization of ruptured atherosclerotic plaque from carotid arterial stenosis. But it has been difficult to predict which person with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis is likely to progress to symptomatic carotid disease and stroke.

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