hematemesis/infarction

The patient was a 64-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus, thrombophlebitis of the lower legs, cerebral infarction with left hemiparesis, and colostomy after perforation of the sigmoid colon. On the morning of her presentation, the patient felt epigastric abnormality. Thereafter,

An 80-year-old woman with a history of congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and hypertension was transferred to our institution with hematemesis. Her drug regimen included 2 mg warfarin potassium/day to prevent thromboembolic events. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) performed at 78

The risks versus benefits of panendoscopy performed soon after myocardial infarction were studied. At Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital from January 1986 through December 1991 and at Princeton Medical Center from January 1990 through December 1991, 82 patients developed overt gastrointestinal

A case of primary mesenteric vein thrombosis with extensive small bowel infarct beginning at the ligament of Treitz presented as upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Although endoscopy of the upper GI tract disclosed erosive gastritis this finding was considered insufficient to explain the hematemesis;

Patient with a history of overt gastrointestinal bleeding, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, polycythemia vera, and choledocojejunostomy was hospitalized because of hematemesis and melena. An area of Technetium-99m labeled red blood cells accumulation at the splenic flexure similar to an overt

A 75-year-old woman presented with consciousness disturbance accompanied by hematemesis. Brain imaging revealed ischemia in the bilateral caudate nuclei and right cerebral watershed area due to stenosis of the right anterior cerebral artery (ACA) and bilateral internal carotid arteries (ICA), and

The initial studies in Europe with tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) have been coordinated by a European Cooperative Study Group. By February 1987, 258 patients had been entered into comparative coronary patency trials of rt-PA versus streptokinase and rt-PA versus placebo (trials completed

Patients admitted with significant gastrointestinal hemorrhage (GIH) often experience in-hospital cardiac complications. This retrospective study examined 68 patients admitted from the Emergency Department to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) over a 1-year period. The patients were 75% Caucasian, 60%

The majority of cardiac related deaths are due to ischemic heart disease, with the most common clinical scenario being severe coronary artery atherosclerosis resulting in left ventricular myocardial infarction. However, infarction of other cardiac chambers does occur, and often has specific clinical

Jejunal infarction as a complication of acute pancreatitis is not common and can not be well recognized. This jejunal infarction usually arises from the venous thrombosis rather than arterial thrombosis. Jejunal infarction results in bowel perforation or stenosis according to its extension of injury

OBJECTIVE To analyze the risks versus benefits of esophagogastroduodenoscopy performed soon after myocardial infarction. METHODS We studied 200 patients who underwent endoscopy within 30 days after myocardial infarction with 200 controls matched for age, sex, and endoscopic indication who underwent

Introduction. Splenic artery Pseudoaneurysm, a complication of chronic pancreatitis, presenting as massive hematemesis is a rare presentation. Case Report. We present a case of 38-year-old male admitted with chief complaints of pain in the upper abdomen and massive hematemesis for the last 15 days.

A 62-year-old woman was admitted to hospital because of chest oppression and abdominal discomfort. Coronary arteriography revealed that the proximal left anterior descending artery had a large thrombus with TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction) Grade 3 flow. On the second hospital day, she

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the initial experience, in our Centre, with Abciximab in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing direct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). METHODS Between October 1996 and May 1998, 65 patients (51 males, mean age 56.9 +/- 11 years) underwent

The dried flowers and buds of Sophora japonica are used as a medicinal herb in China, Japan and Korea to treat bleeding hemorrhoids and hematemesis. This article presents an overview of the effects of Sophora japonica on cerebral infarction based on literature searched from Medline, PubMed, Cochrane