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Impact of late ventricular fibrillation on postdischarge 1-year mortality of patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction: a nationwide retrospective study

Late ventricular fibrillation after acute myocardial infarction is associated with a markedly increased risk of 1-year ...
Medscape

CASTEMI: Caldaret in ST Elevation MI

Early coronary reperfusion for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is critical for the preservation of overall left ventricular (LV) function and improved survival. Despite advancements ...
Medscape

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: The First 24 Hours

A number of substudies have been published in 2007, including a Focus Issue of JACC highlighting additional findings from ExTRACT-TIMI 25. In ExTRACT-TIMI 25, women presented with a profile of higher ...
TCTMD

Should We Be Looking for ‘Occlusion MI’ Rather Than STEMI?

Some clinicians say that testing for occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) instead might be a better tool for making that determination. “We think we should get rid of the term ST-elevation MI, ...
News Medical

Expert consensus on the classification of acute atherothrombotic myocardial infarction by stage of tissue injury severity

Myocardial infarction (MI) causes millions of deaths worldwide. Though there have been advances in the survival rates following ST-elevation MI (STEMI), survivors often develop heart failure due to ...