Interleukin-6 release predicts myocardial recovery (stunning) after acute myocardial infarction

Functional Recovery After Acute Myocardial Infarction

Methods Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow grade, myocardial blush grade (MBG), and ST-segment resolution were assessed in 60 patients with AMI treated with primary stenting. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance was performed between 2 and 9 days after revascularization to determine early MVO on first-pass perfusion imaging, late MVO on late gadolinium-enhanced imaging, and infarct ...

Intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography predicts recovery of dysynergic myocardium early after acute myocardial infarction.

OBJECTIVES We aimed to ascertain whether triggered intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) can predict functional recovery in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to determine the optimal triggering interval in this setting. BACKGROUND Detection of myocardial viability early after AMI has both therapeutic and prognostic implications. Myocardial contrast echocardi...

Rapid Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction

To improve the specificity of biochemical markers of myocardial infarction (MI) a method to measure cardiac troponin-I (CTn-I) was developed. CTn-I is a protein unique to cardiac muscle and is released after MI. Consecutive 150 patients admitted to the coronary care unit was studied. Value of CTn-I was determined in all samples. CTn-I concentration in the MI patients group was increased com...

[Myocardial rupture after acute myocardial infarction].

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predicts Cardiovascular Outcomes after Acute Myocardial Infarction

Background: Existing data assessing the prognostic value of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (ce-CMR) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are limited by short followup duration and small cohort sizes. We sought to determine if infarct size and ejection fraction (EF) predict the occurrence of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) after AMI. Methods: We studied 112 patients (mean ag...