Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 65-year-old white woman presented with 9 months of intermittent “kaleidoscopic” visual disturbances and ...

Patients with transient vision loss had markedly higher risk for MACE at 14 days than control individuals (adjusted hazard ratio, 9.80; 95% CI, 7.19-13.34). At 14 days, patients with transient vision ...

Jay N. Yepuri, MD, MS, FACG, is a board-certified gastroenterologist and member of the Digestive Health Associates of Texas Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Proctalgia fugax causes short ...

Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) is an inherited retinal disease leading to severe vision impairment from early infancy, affecting 2-3 out of every 100,000 newborns. LCA is caused by variants in ...

Introduction The cause of ischaemic stroke at a young age remains unknown in 30% of cases, highlighting the need to identify hidden causes and risk factors in young patients. Transient and chronic ...

No significant difference in visual improvement was observed between patients with giant cell arteritis who received intravenous glucocorticoids vs oral therapy. Patients with giant cell arteritis ...

Based on the finalized national coverage determination (NCD) for transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement, Medicare will cover the procedure when used for an FDA-approved indication, and ...

Pain is part of life for many people. You might have headaches, stiff knees, or back pain. Those types of pain are often shared with others — we have no trouble talking about them. But what about if ...

1 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine & Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Komfo Anokye ...

Background The fibrous cap (FC) status is a crucial determinant of plaque vulnerability in symptomatic carotid stenosis. While MR angiography is used to assess the FC status, its clinical utility is ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics — minuscule bits of plastic — compared to arteries free of ...