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Jacqueline Saw
Job title: Clinical Associate Professor
Dr Jacqueline Saw is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiology at the University of British Columbia, Program Director for VGH Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program and Head for VGH Cardiology Clinical Trials Research. Dr Saw obtained her her MD from the University of Ottawa. Her clinical expertise is in management of SCAD (spontaneous artery dissection), FMD … View more
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Management
Author(s): Marcos Garcia-Guimarães , Teresa Bastante , Paula Antuña , et al Added: 3 years ago
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) can be defined as the acute development of a false lumen within the coronary artery wall that may lead to flow limitation by compression of the true coronary lumen. This definition of SCAD excludes coronary dissections that are secondary to atherosclerotic disease, produced by the extension of an aortic dissection, iatrogenic or related to a trauma.1… View more

MI/ACS
Author(s): Christian Fink , Henrik J Michaely , Stefan O Schoenberg Added: 3 years ago
Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (ce-MRA) has become an established and routinely used imaging modality and has largely replaced invasive diagnostic digital subtraction angiography (DSA). There have been ongoing technical developments in magnetic gradient hardware, coil design and pulse sequence design for ce-MRA, resulting in an increased spatial and temporal resolution. The… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Mathias Goyen Added: 3 years ago
Atherosclerosis is a generalised disease and contributes to cardiac death, stroke, limb loss and a range of other illnesses. Disease in the major arteries, including the infra-renal abdominal aorta, internal iliac arteries, renal arteries and peripheral vasculature, remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. For example, the prevalence of disease in the infra-renal abdominal aorta ranges… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Mathias Goyen Added: 3 years ago
Atherosclerosis is a generalised disease and contributes to cardiac death, stroke, limb loss and a range of other illnesses. Disease in the major arteries, including the infra-renal abdominal aorta, internal iliac arteries, renal arteries and peripheral vasculature, remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. For example, the prevalence of disease in the infra-renal abdominal aorta ranges… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Tim Leiner Added: 3 years ago
In recent years, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of the peripheral vascular tree has evolved into a widely available and valuable technique in the diagnostic and pre-interventional work-up of patients with peripheral arterial disease. Numerous studies have demonstrated the diagnostic accuracy of MRA for the assessment of abdominal and peripheral arteries, and in many hospitals the technique… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
MI with Non-obstructive Coronary Artery Presenting with STEMI: A Review of Incidence, Aetiology, Assessment and Treatment
Author(s): Ying X Gue , Rahim Kanji , Sabiha Gati , et al Added: 3 years ago
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally, with 85% of cardiovascular deaths attributed to acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and stroke.1 The development of coronary atherosclerosis and subsequent plaque disruption, predominantly from plaque rupture or erosion, is responsible for the majority of ACS presentations. Persistent occlusion of the coronary artery due to thrombus,… View more

MI/ACS
Author(s): George Thomas , Emmanuel L Bravo Added: 3 years ago
Distinct hypertensive syndromes causing drug-resistant hypertension are increasingly being recognised. The ability to recognise these disorders has come as a result of a better understanding of their pathogenesis and the availability of sensitive and accurate diagnostic tools. The particular appeal of making the diagnosis centres around the potential curability of the hypertension, with… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Costas P Tsioufis , Alexandros Kasiakogias , Dimitris Tousoulis Added: 3 years ago
Recent guidelines have defined resistant hypertension (RHT) as blood pressure (BP) that does not fall below 140/90 mmHg, despite a therapeutic strategy that includes appropriate lifestyle measures, plus a diuretic and two other antihypertensive drugs belonging to different classes at adequate doses.1 The definition of RHT has been quite arbitrary, a fact reflected on various definitions of ideal… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions

Intervention
Author(s): Carsten Schwenke , Monica Boos , Rainer Hentrich , et al Added: 3 years ago
Since its introduction in 1993,1 contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (ce-MRA) has been considered the technique of choice for angiographic examination of most regions of the body. This is because of several technical and clinical advantages in comparison with non-contrast-enhanced MRA (nce-MRA) imaging. In this article, we focus on patients with suspected peripheral arterial… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics