BACKGROUND There is evidence that high uric acid is a negative prognostic factor in patients with mild to severe heart failure. A study showed a close correlation between serum uric acid concentration and Killip classification in patients of acute myocardial infarction. MATERIAL AND METHODS We studied 100 patients with acute myocardial infarction and 50 controls. Serum uric acid level was mea...

conclusions the door-to-needle (dtn) time, in a standard setting, is recommended to be less than 30 minutes. according to the results of this study, the dtn time is comparatively two times longer in females and afternoon and night shifts. different variables including emergency staff, physicians, patients’ characteristics, and environmental/physical factors induced this difference. results in t...

BACKGROUND Glycation is known to play a key role in complications of many pathophysiological processes. The present study was carried out to assess whether there are abnormalities of non-enzymatic glycation of proteins and hemoglobin in acute Myocardial Infarction (MI) patients. METHODS Eighteen acute Myocardial Infarction (MI) patients and 20 healthy controls were enrolled for the present st...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to analyze whether cardiac computed tomography (CT) permits the assessment of myocardial edema in acute myocardial infarction (MI). BACKGROUND Several studies proved the value of detecting myocardial edema from T2-weighted cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) for differentiating acute from chronic MI. Computed tomography is suited for depicting MI, but there a...

Right ventricular failure (RVF) due to an acute myocardial infarction (MI) has been associated with high morbidity and mortality. Initial treatment is guided by early recognition prompt revascularization. Current management of post-MI RVF built upon expert consensus also informed from other etiologies, including massive pulmonary embolism, left assist device–associated right dysfunction, postca...

Although the mechanism for occurrence of acute myocardial infarction (MI) has been investigated by many pathological and clinical studies, it not adequately clarified yet. disruption vulnerable plaque is a well-known cause MI, there are silent disruptions detected in coronary artery intravascular imaging studies. Therefore, plaques may disrupt heal without causing MI. Some additional mechanisms...

background: epidemiological studies have illustrated that exposure to atmospheric nitrogen oxides (no2/nox) is responsible for an increased risk of acute or chronic diseases such as cancer. in this study the health risks associated with nitrogen dioxide (no2) were assessed in the city of kermanshah, the capital of kermanshah province, iran. methods: data on hourly no2 levels that had been measu...

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is rare. We describe a case of AMI in patient with ITP. An 81-year-old woman presented with acute inferoposterior MI with low platelet count on admission (34,000/µl). Coronary angiography revealed significant mid right coronary artery (RCA) stenosis with thrombus, subsequently underwent successful percutane...