BACKGROUND This study evaluated the impact on clinical outcomes using a cloud computing system to reduce percutaneous coronary intervention hospital door-to-balloon (DTB) time for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS A total of 369 patients before and after implementation of the transfer protocol were enrolled. Of these patients, 262 were transferred through protocol wh...

OBJECTIVES This study characterized clinical factors predictive of cardiogenic shock developing after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). BACKGROUND Cardiogenic shock remains a common and ominous complication of AMI. By identifying patients at risk of developing shock, preventive measures may be implemented to avert its development. METHODS We analyzed baseline varia...

By structure of the set of solutions, we mean is it closed in the weak topology? (This is not obvious since x is not bounded.) Is it of finite or infinite dimension? Among the solutions, are there any that are pure point or singular continuous or purely absolutely continuous? If there exists a unique solution, we call the moment problem determinate, and if there are multiple solutions, indeterm...

BACKGROUND Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is the most widely used parameter to evaluate the cardiac function in patients with heart failure (HF). However, the association between LVEF and contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is still controversial. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the association of LVEF with CIN and long-term mortality following coronary angiography (CA...

There is no hard evidence yet for a positive effect of glucose–insulin–potassium infusion in sepsis, septic shock or burn patients. Each individual element of the glucose–insulin–potassium regimen, and eventually euglycaemia, should theoretically be beneficial. At present, evidence exists only for reduced mortality with strict metabolic treatment (i.e. blood glucose levels of 4.4–6.1 mmol/l) in...

T1 (HDL<33 mg/dL) Baseline characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors Age, years 62.1 (13) Men 86.4 Smokers 54.4 Ex-smokers 20.1 Hypertension 59.2 Dyslipidemia 31.4 Diabetes mellitus 36.1 PHIHD 20.1 Laboratory values on admission Cholesterol, mg/dL 169.6 (37.2) LDL, mg/dL 112.5 (30.9) HDL, mg/dL 28.2 (3.7) Triglycerides, mg/dL 153.3 (87.3) Glucose, mg/dL 132.8 (55.3) Features of the acute ...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Interleukin 10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that inhibits the synthesis of proinflammatory cytokines. It has been shown that IL-10 is released into the circulation during post-ischemic myocardial reperfusion. The objective of this study was to determine whether the serum IL-10 concentration in patients with acute myocardial infarction who were undergoing ...

Hyperuriacemia has been reported as an independent predictor of shortand long-term prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome. 1,2 In the recent issue of Acta Cardiologica Sinica, Akgul et al. advocated that uric acid > 5.7 mg/dl was associated with increased in-hospital and six-month cardiovascular death in Turkish patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) underg...

BACKGROUND The most common cause of myocardial infarction (MI) is stenotic atherosclerotic lesions in subepicardial coronary arteries. Artery disease progression induces clinical signs and symptoms, among which MI is the leader in mortality and morbidity. Recent studies have been trying to find new biochemical markers that could predict the evolution of clinical complications; among those marke...