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Anterior-wall and non-anterior-wall STEMIs do not differ in long-term mortality: results from the augsburg myocardial infarction registry

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Background Different ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) localizations go along with dissimilarities in the size of the affected myocardium, the causing coronary vessel occlusion, and the right ventricular participation. years, (standard deviation: 3.0).

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Trends in the incidence, mortality and clinical outcomes in patients with ventricular septal rupture following an ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Coronary Artery Disease Journal

Background Despite improvements in outcomes of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), ventricular septal rupture (VSR) remains a known complication, carrying high mortality. Methods The National Inpatient Sample database (2009–2020) was used to study trends in admissions and outcomes of post-STEMI VSR over time. and 10 ± 1.2%

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Early and late outcomes after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass vs. full sternotomy off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Patients and methods From December 2009 to June 2020, 388 elective patients were included in our retrospective study. IPTW-adjusted Kaplan–Meier estimates by study group were calculated for all-cause mortality, stroke, the risk of repeat revascularization and myocardial infarction up to a maximum follow-up of 10 years.

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Rules of myocardial revascularisation REVIVEed very late: Quantify”non-viable tissue” first.

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

This same question was asked & answered more than a decade ago (2009) on this site, of course without that damning evidence. Common myths in cardiology: The presence of viable myocardium does not mean one must do a revascularisation procedure following myocardial infarction!

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Which patient has the more severe chest pain?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

See these 2 articles Association between pre-hospital chest pain severity and myocardial injury in ST elevation myocardial infarction: A post-hoc analysis of the AVOID study Author links open overlay panel [link] 1 Background We sought to determine if an association exists between prehospital chest pain severity and markers of myocardial injury.

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National A-Fib Numbers Higher Than Previously Thought

DAIC

percent of the patients treated between 2005 and 2009 to 6.82% of the patients treated between 2015 and 2019. The study appears Sept. 11 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology JACC. About 2 million of these people had been diagnosed with A-Fib, and the numbers grew over time, rising from 4.49 million.

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ECG Changes in Intracranial Hemorrhage

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

ECG changes resembling ST elevation myocardial infarction has also been described after traumatic intracranial hemorrhage [4]. Excess of catecholamines can damage myocytes directly and can also lead to generalized spasm of coronary arteries and even consequent actual myocardial infarction [5]. 2009 Nov;40(11):3478-84.