We hereby present a case of a 57-year-old female with a cryptogenic stroke found to have a patent foramen ... A carotid artery ultrasound showed no evidence of atherosclerotic disease. Her lipid ...

Background: Despite the association between cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale (PFO ... smoking status, coronary artery disease, hypothyroidism, dyslipidemia, and LP(a) levels on developing ...

Diffuse (interstitial) lung disease includes a wide variety of relatively uncommon conditions presenting with characteristic clusters of clinical features and marked by an immune response.

Oct. 30, 2024 — Chronic, low-level lead poisoning is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adults and cognitive deficits in children, even at levels previously thought to be safe ...

A new study has surprising ... New Genetic Changes Linked to Testicular Cancer Offer Fresh Insights Into the Disease and Its Treatment Nov. 13, 2024 — Scientists have identified new gene faults ...

Diseases are abnormal conditions that have a specific set of signs and symptoms. Diseases can have an external cause, such as an infection, or an internal cause, such as autoimmune diseases. Blood ...

Neurodegenerative diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders that are characterized by the progressive degeneration of the structure and function of the central nervous system or peripheral ...

Patients with cryptogenic stroke treated with routine transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure have increased 4-year stroke risk.

A number of diseases mimic the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune form of arthritis. These include bacterial joint infections, inflammatory diseases, other autoimmune diseases, and ...

Less often, ambulatory ECG monitoring is also helpful in evaluating the effectiveness of the treatment of a cardiac arrhythmia, or in assessing a person’s prognosis who has various types of underlying ...

Multiple myeloma is part of the spectrum of diseases ranging from MGUS to plasma cell leukemia, and similar to MGUS, is characterized by proliferation of a plasma cell clone and subsequent ...