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Narrative review: updates and strategies for reducing door-to-balloon time in ST-elevation myocardial infarction care

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

This narrative review aims to evaluate strategies for reducing door-to-balloon (D2B) time in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, focusing on pre-hospital, in-hospital, and technological innovations, as well as addressing challenges to ensure sustainability.

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Cardiac cells and mesenchymal stem cells derived extracellular vesicles: a potential therapeutic strategy for myocardial infarction

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Despite improvements in clinical outcomes of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), mortality rates remain high, indicating the need for further understanding of the pathogenesis and developing more effective cardiac protection strategies.

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Sodium Alginate Hydrogel Infusion of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles and p38α Antagonistic Peptides in Myocardial Infarction Fibrosis Mitigation

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundMyocardial fibrosis is a pathological hallmark of heart failure post infarction, emphasizing the need for innovative treatment strategies. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. Mesenchymal stem cellderived EVs, loaded with PAP, were encapsulated in the SA hydrogel (EVsPAP@SA).

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AliveCor Announces Dual FDA Clearance of AI Technology That Delivers 35 Cardiac Determinations and First-of-its-Kind Kardia 12L ECG System

DAIC

This AI technology can detect 35 cardiac determinations (14 arrhythmias and 21 morphologies), including serious conditions like acute myocardial infarction ( MI ) and the most common types of cardiac ischemia, using a reduced leadset. KAI 12L employs multiple deep neural network algorithms, trained and validated on more than 1.75

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American College of Cardiology ACC.24 Late-breaking Science and Guidelines Session Summary

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ET Main Tent (Hall B1) - A Double-blind, Randomized Placebo Procedure-controlled Trial of an Interatrial Shunt in Patients with HFrEF and HFpEF: Principal Results From the RELIEVE-HF Trial - Empagliflozin After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results of the EMPACT-MI Trial - CSL112 (Apolipoprotein A-I) Infusions and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients (..)

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Application of adipose-derived stem cells in ischemic heart disease: theory, potency, and advantage

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs) represent an innovative candidate to treat ischemic heart disease (IHD) due to their abundance, renewable sources, minor invasiveness to obtain, and no ethical limitations.

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Interventional thrombus modification in STEMI

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 02 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01020-2 In ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, the role of interventional modification of thrombi in the coronary arteries before stenting is controversial.

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