Volume 1, Issue 1

Left Ventricular Function after Acute Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Cardiac Decentralized Dogs Subject to Ischemic Conditioning

Kingma JG Jr, Simard D, Rouleau JR.

Objective: Ischemic conditioning (IC) mediated protection against ischemic injury continues independent of extrinsic cardiac nerve status; however, controversy persists regarding i...

A Structured Community Health Screening Program and Impact on Patient Lifestyle Changes for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction

Aayush Mittal, Paul Nona, Maria Moore Swinton, BS RIS, Kristen Brooks, Karthik Ananthasubramaniam.

Hypertension and Anxiety: Comorbidity, Treatment, and Access to Resources

Stella Jacqueline Versteeg, Athena Stefanatou.

Hypertension and its comorbidity with anxiety disorders is a global concern even more prevalent in developing countries. There is limited data from low-income countries. Existing l...

Volume-Responsiveness Guided Hemodynamic Resuscitation with Passive Leg Raise by a Swan-Ganz Catheter and Point-Of-Care Echocardiogram in a Case of Mixed Shock

Erick Josué L M de Oca, Felipe de J Montelongo, Alan AR Ortega, Mauricio R Vera, Luis E S Medina, Josafat J G de la Cruz, Margarito C Meza, Jonathan G Ayala, Alfonso A S Mendoza, Aurea C Domínguez, Carlos G B Flores, Roberto F Suárez, German N Beltrán, Nicolás H Reyes.

Literature does not report hemodynamic monitoring through the Swan-Ganz catheter as a dynamic variable to evaluate the response to volume. Furthermore, it does not compare it with...

The STEMI Pharmaco-Invasive Therapy in Africa: Bridging the Gap

Emmanuel Auchi Edafe, Maclean Romokere Akpa, Muhammad Nazir Shehu.

Introduction: The pharmaco-invasive therapy, refers to the technique whereby there is a time elapse of 3-24 hours between thrombolysis (pharmaco) and PCI (invasive) when using fibr...