PURPOSE: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of alteplase (TPA) for restoring function to occluded central venous catheters (CVCs). PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study design was a phase III, open-label, ...

One of the greatest challenges in treating ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is getting a patient reperfused quickly. Coronary artery reperfusion soon after coronary thrombosis ...

Warm fronts are red and cold fronts are blue, so what type of weather front is purple? Meteorologist Derek Witt explains in this “Weather Word of the Week.” In our last weather word, we took a deep ...

Some clinicians say that testing for occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) instead might be a better tool for making that determination. “We think we should get rid of the term ST-elevation MI, ...

An occluded front is drawn in purple. It is a cold front that overtakes a warm front. They commonly occur close to a maturing low pressure system. A wide variety of weather can be found along an ...

The open-artery hypothesis postulates that late opening of an infarct-related artery after myocardial infarction will improve clinical outcomes. We evaluated the quality-of-life and economic outcomes ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — October is the time of year that cold fronts start to roll through South Texas regularly. Often, these fronts are weak and tend to be described as 'cool' fronts, BUT - did you ...

The Role of UGT1A1*28 Polymorphism in the Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of Irinotecan in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Alfimeprase is a recombinantly produced, genetically ...