Yoshihisa Nakagawa, MD

Coronary Angioplasty Reduces Free Wall Rupture and Improves Mortality and Morbidity of Acute Myocardial Infarction

08/01/2008

Free wall rupture (FWR) is one of the major causes of mortality of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).1–3 Acute free wall rupture leads to cardiac tamponade, rapid hemodynamic deterioration and almost instantaneous death. Previous studies...

Free wall rupture (FWR) is one...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Primary Angioplasty of Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery
for Acute Anterolateral Myocardial Infarction

08/01/2008

Yoshihisa Nakagawa , MD;

Takeshi Kimura , MD;

Masakiyo Nobuyoshi , MD;

Hideyuki Nosaka , MD;

Katsumi Inoue , MD;

Masashi Iwabuchi , MD;

Hiroyoshi Yokoi , MD;

Kenji Ando , MD;

Koyu Sakai , MD;

Despite the advancements in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treatment, AMI caused by acute unprotected left main coronary artery (LMCA) occlusion rapidly progresses to cardiogenic shock and death unless there are substantial preexisting...

Despite the advancements in...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology