Figure. Electrocardiogram of patient who recently had an anteroseptal myocardial infarction. Credit: Brady Pregerson, MD. The ...
A pontine stroke occurs in the pons region of the brainstem—a small part of the brainstem responsible for breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure, among other essential, automatic functions. Pontine ...
Studies in humans and mice show that myocardial infarction recruits monocytes to the brain’s thalamus, promoting sleep, which in turn restricts cardiac inflammation and sympathetic signalling ...