The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between ECG changes prior to discharge and findings of early low dose dobutamine stress echocardiography (LDSE) performed in 6 +/- 2 days, in patients experiencing their first acute anterior MI. A total of 62 patients admitted with their first acute anterior MI were divided into three groups according to the findings of electrocardiograms...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death in women and men in the United States. This study aimed to investigate differences in characteristics between those women who died and survived an acute myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS This secondary analysis included 109 women. Demographic variables were extracted along with presenting MI symptoms, cardiovascula...

AIMS Myocardial CCN2/CTGF is induced in heart failure of various etiologies. However, its role in the pathophysiology of left ventricular (LV) remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI) remains unresolved. The current study explores the role of CTGF in infarct healing and LV remodeling in an animal model and in patients admitted for acute ST-elevation MI. METHODS AND RESULTS Transgenic mice ...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Current data on arrhythmic risks after acute ST-elevation MI in the modern era early revascularization Asian population are limited. Objective To investigate incidence arrhythmias ST elevation a contemporary cohort Chinese patients and secondary prevention treatment. Method 394 admitted with who under emergency to our h...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to examine whether ST segment elevation in posterior chest leads (V7 to V9) during acute inferior myocardial infarction (MI) identifies patients with a concomitant posterior infarction and whether these patients might benefit more from thrombolysis. BACKGROUND Because the posterior wall is faced by none of the 12 standard electrocardiographic (ECG) leads, th...

BACKGROUND Recently, it has been hypothesized that type 2 diabetes might interfere with acute intravenous thrombolysis effectiveness as estimated by angiographic or electrocardiographic criteria. In our study, we compared the thrombolytic effect of streptokinase infusion between diabetic and non-diabetic myocardial infarction (MI) patients. METHODS In a prospective interventional study, 240 c...

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) during pregnancy is rare but may be associated with high risk complications. Approximately 150 myocardial infarctions (MI) during pregnancy have been documented in literature worldwide, but we didn't find one with myocardial aneurysm. We describe 2 patients with acute MI; both with ST segment elevation (STEMI), 1 case complicated with heart failure, formation of a ...

Current guidelines support dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel (Plavix) in a number of clinical scenarios, ie, in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (MI), non-ST-elevation MI, and percutaneous coronary intervention. The guidelines are based on strong evidence from several large randomized clinical trials over the last 10 years. The authors present several cases to sho...