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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleState of the Art: Practical Approach for Diagosis of Pulmonary EmbolismNarat Srivali, Supawat Ratanapo, Promporn Suksaranjit et al.Pulmonary embolism is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular related death beside myocardial infarction and stroke. Contrary to stroke and myocardial infarction, diagnosis of pulmonary embolism is considered to be much more difficult and complicated compare with the treatment once diagnosis is confirmed. Multiple diagnostic studies including clinical scoring, serum biomarker and diagnostic imaging were developed to help clinician … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 1 Aug 2012 · 7,309 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsAnalysis of Blood Turbulent Flow in Carotid Artery Including the Effects of Mural Thrombosis Using Finite Element ModelingM. Arab-Ghanbari, M. M. Khani, A. Arefmanesh, F. Tabatabai-GhomsheArterial thrombosis is an extremely significant health problem. As a result of numerous factors involved in such problem, describing the role of hemodynamics in thrombogenesis has been asserted to be one of the most demanding and complicated challenges in biomechanics. An axisymmetric model considering fluid-structure interactions (FSI) was introduced and numerically solved for an artery with a thrombosis to perform … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2009 · 7,408 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCurrent Management of Pleural DisordersJack KastelikA wide range of conditions can present with plural involvement. For this reason patients with pleural disorders may be seen by a number of different specialists. The most common pleural disorders include pleural effusion and pneumothorax. Pleural effusion and pneumothorax are defined as accumulation within the pleural space of fluid and air respectively. The most common disorders responsible for over … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 7 May 2013 · 6,773 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRandomized Clinical Stroke Trials in 2009Meheroz H. RabadiProblem statement: Stroke ranks as the leading cause of serious, long-term disability and death world-wide. It is estimated direct and indirect cost of stroke for 2009 was $68.9 billion. Approach: The objective of this review was to examine the effectiveness of emerging pharmacotherapy’s in patients with acute (≤2 weeks), sub-acute (2-12 weeks) and chronic (≥12 weeks) stroke studied in Randomized … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 30 Jun 2010 · 7,243 accessesView PDF Cite