Smoking and involvement of right coronary artery in ischemic heart disease [PDF]
Introduction: Smoking is an independent risk factor for ischemic heart disease and acute myocardial infarction. Smoking raise both heart rate and blood pressure, thus increasing myocardial oxygen demand, moreover it also decreases the dimension of ...
Abhinav Rastogi +5 more
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Effect of propranolol on regional myocardial function in anesthetized open-chest dogs with myocardial ischemia [PDF]
Effects of propranolol on ischemic segmental function were studied in anesthetized open-chest dogs. Two segment-length gauges were used for measuring the regional myocardial function: one was sutured on to the left ventricular surface perfused by the ...
Yoshida, Hidenori +7 more
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Unruptured Ventricular Septal Dissection Complicating Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction
Interventricular septal dissection is a rare Complication of the interventricular septum. It may result from an aneurysm of the sinuses of Valsalva, bacterial endocarditis, trauma, cardiac surgery, Myocardial infarction, endomyocardial biopsy, or a ...
Alireza Rashidinejad +3 more
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Incidence and prevalence of unrecognized myocardial infarction in people with diabetes: a substudy of the rosiglitazone evaluated for cardiac outcomes and regulation of glycemia in diabetes (RECORD) study [PDF]
<p>OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence and incidence of unrecognized myocardial infarction in a contemporary population with type 2 diabetes.</p> <p>RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of the ...
Michael R. MacDonald +34 more
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This report describes a 68-year-old female who, immediately after the primary percutaneous coronary intervention of the left anterior descending artery for acute anterior myocardial infarction, developed an apical aneurysm and a “neo-chamber” within the ...
Madhu Shukla, Jagdish Chander Mohan
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Contemporary approach to st elevation myocardial infarction in very young [PDF]
Coronary artery disease (CAD) commonly occurs in individuals over the age of 45 years. Several studies categorize “young” individuals with CAD or acute myocardial infarction as those below the ages of 40 and 45.
R.P. Yalamanchi +3 more
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Outcome after acute myocardial infarction: a comparison of patients seen by cardiologists and general physicians [PDF]
Background: The management of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has improved over the last 50 years with the more frequent use of effective medicines and procedures. The clinical benefit of the speciality of the attending physician is less clear.
Abubakar, Ibrahim +9 more
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Giant biventricular thrombi presenting with acute myocardial infarction
Biventricular thrombi secondary to anterior myocardial infarction is very rare. We present a patient with giant biventricular thrombi subsequent to an old anterior wall myocardial infarction, and devastating consequences, including acute pulmonary artery
Adnan Kaya +4 more
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Intravenous sodium nitrite in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a randomized controlled trial (NIAMI) [PDF]
AimDespite prompt revascularization of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), substantial myocardial injury may occur, in part a consequence of ischaemia reperfusion injury (IRI). There has been considerable interest in therapies that may reduce IRI.
Singh, Satnam +103 more
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SUCCESSFUL MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION IN A 92-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT: A CASE REPORT
Introduction. Patients with acute myocardial infarction should be treated with early revascularization. Patients over 73 years have a higher risk of infarct-related cardiogenic shock, which is a leading cause of lethality.
Uliana Pidvalna +3 more
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