Percutaneous Intervention of Iatrogenic Iliac Artery Vascular Complication.

The mortality of patients from a retroperitoneal hematoma remains high if treatment is delayed or inappropriate. Percutaneous endovascular repair of iatrogenic vascular complications is quickly becoming the treatment of choice. Here, we report a case of a 76-year-old female with a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, whose cardiac catheterization revealed a 70% distal left main coronary artery (LMCA) stenosis.

Aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma causing embolic strokes: a case report and review.

Papillary fibroelastomas (PFEs) are the second most common benign neoplasms of the cardiac valves and are being recognized more frequently because of higher resolution imaging technology. PFEs are associated with substantial complications that are secondary to systemic embolism. Surgical resection should be offered to all patients who have symptoms and to asymptomatic patients who have pedunculated lesions or tumors larger than 1 cm in diameter.

Imaging Modalities to Identity Inflammation in an Atherosclerotic Plaque.

Atherosclerosis is a chronic, progressive, multifocal arterial wall disease caused by local and systemic inflammation responsible for major cardiovascular complications such as myocardial infarction and stroke. With the recent understanding that vulnerable plaque erosion and rupture, with subsequent thrombosis, rather than luminal stenosis, is the underlying cause of acute ischemic events, there has been a shift of focus to understand the mechanisms that make an atherosclerotic plaque unstable or vulnerable to rupture. The presence of inflammation in the atherosclerotic plaque has been considered as one of the initial events which convert a stable plaque into an unstable and vulnerable plaque.

Managing cardiovascular disease risk in patients treated with antipsychotics: a multidisciplinary approach.

Background: The use of antipsychotic medication in the United States and throughout the world has greatly increased over the last fifteen years. These drugs have significant side effect burdens, many of them relating to cardiovascular health.

Objective: To review the available evidence on the major cardiovascular issues that arise in patients taking antipsychotic medication.