..., whereas in type 2 myocardial infarction treatment of hypoxia, anemia and systemic inflammation are indicated. In patients presenting with coronary vasospasm, nitrates and calcium channel blockers are preferred, while treatment of coronary ectasia/aneurysm mandates the use of antiplatelets/anticoagulants...

...Pei Wang; Xudong Ye; Dongdong Yan; Yu Peng; Zheng Zhang Objective: Left ventricular thrombosis (LVT) is a common complication of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This study attempted to synthesize the available evidence to understand the incidence and risk factors of LVT...

...Cengiz Burak; Muhammed Süleymanoğlu; Mahmut Yesin; Murat Cap; İbrahim Yıldız; İbrahim Rencüzoğulları; Metin Çağdaş; Yavuz Karabağ; Şerif Hamideyin; Doğan İliş; Erkan Baysal Objective: Acute kidney injury (AKI), which is prevalent in ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients who...

... and clopidogrel, was compared to aspirin alone. MACE included 12-months cumulative stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA), myocardial infarction (MI), all-cause mortality, and readmissions for cardiac reasons, post discharge. Analyses were performed using multivariable logistic regression. Results: A total of 74...

... reconstruction, bypass surgery, or percutaneous intervention in the extremities, documented aortic aneurysm or an ankle brachial index of <0.8 in any of the legs. MACE included stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA), myocardial infarction (MI), all-cause mortality, and readmissions for cardiac reasons...

...Dragana Stanojevic; Svetlana Apostolovic; Dragana Stokanovic; Stefan Momčilović; Tatjana Jevtovic-Stoimenov; Sonja Salinger-Martinovic; Tomislav Kostic; Valentina N. Nikolic Objective: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is common in acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and galectin-3 is possibly involved...

... Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular outcomes Arrhythmias Coronary heart disease Myocardial infarction Atherosclerosis Endothelial function Heart failure Inflammation Whether n-3 PUFA act directly or indirectly with the channel proteins remains unknown. When n-3 PUFA are given acutely and ion...

... presenting with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by left ventricular dysfunction. Subjects and Methods: Patients (n = 172, aged 28-87 years) with AMI and left ventricular ejection fraction ≤0.45 were randomized to the nebivolol (n = 55), carvedilol (n = 60) and metoprolol succinate (n = 57...

...Jun Wang; Xiaomin Cai; Xunmin Cheng; Ping Song; Shisen Jiang; Jianbin Gong Objective: To describe a case with acute myocardial infarction caused by gastric carcinoma-associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Clinical Presentation and Intervention: A 79-year-old man was admitted with abdominal...

...Necla Özer; Hikmet Yorgun; Uğur Canpolat; Ahmet Hakan Ateş; Serdar Aksöyek Objectives: To report a case with dynamic ST segment elevation suggestive of anteroseptal acute myocardial infarction (AMI) that proved to be bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). Clinical Presentation and Intervention...

.... Apolipoproteins Genetic polymorphisms Coronary heart disease Myocardial infarction Original Paper Med Princ Pract 2009;18:294 299 DOI: 10.1159/000215727 Received: July 14, 2008 Revised: October 27, 2008 Apolipoprotein E, CI and B Gene Polymorphisms in a Sample of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease...

...Taysir Jaradah; Sudhir K. Bhatnagar; Abdul Razzak Al-Yusuf One hundred and seventeen consecutive patients (mean age 55 years) with Q wave acute inferior myocardial infarction (MI) were studied. Of these, 62 developed atrioventricular (AV) conduction disorders (group I) and 55 did not (group II...

...%) had ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), 576 (27%) non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and 835 (39%) unstable angina (UA). Thrombolytic therapy was used in 556 (77%) patients with STEMI. The median time from diagnostic electrocardiogram to administration...

..., highlighting the need to use all clinical information for diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. The measurement of B-type natriuretic peptides can be shown to be diagnostic and prognostic in both ACS and detecting the sequelae of post-infarction myocardial insufficiency. The role of the B-type natriuretic...

...S. Hayat; M. Al-Mutairy; M. Zubaid; C. Suresh Objective: To report the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction (MI) associated with the intake of oral sildenafil (Viagra) in a nitrate-free patient without previous history of coronary artery disease. Case Presentation and Intervention: A 50-year...

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... to 195 patients with ST segment elevation due to acute anterior myocardial infarction (AMI). Coronary angiography was performed. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (grade of sensitivity versus false positive) was calculated using likelihood ratio method to identify the ideal cut-off values...

...Aly Mohamad Hegazy; Mousa A.J. Akbar; Ali Al-Sayegh; Bader A. Abdulkader Objectives: To investigate the value of pulsed tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) in order to predict significant coronary artery stenosis supplying the noninfarct region in patients after acute anterior myocardial infarction...

...Khalid Al-Harbi; C.G. Suresh; Mohammad Zubaid; Abayomi O. Akanji Objective: To evaluate the role of serum troponin I (TnI) estimations in the early risk stratification of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) subsequently diagnosed as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or unstable angina (UA...

...Daad H. Akbar Objective: To compare between the use of secondary prevention measures after acute myocardial infarction in diabetic and non-diabetic patients who were admitted to the King Abdulaziz University Hospital. Method: All patients admitted with a definitive diagnosis of acute myocardial...