ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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Takayasu's Arteritis Presenting as Acute STEMI

12/05/2023

An 18-year-old man with past medical history of secondary arterial hypertension diagnosed at age 15 presented with an abdominal magnetic resonance imaging that exhibited left renal artery stenosis.

An 18-year-old man with past...

12/05/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Frailty Among Patients With Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the United States: The Impact of the Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on In-Hospital Outcomes

01/03/2022

Richard K. Cheng , MD, MS;

Timir K. Paul , MD, PhD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI, FAHA;

Poonam Velagapudi , MD, MS;

Chadi Alraies , MD;

Evangelos Kontopantelis , PhD;

Josip A. Borovac , MD, PhD;

Islam Y. Elgendy , MD;

Mamas A. Mamas , DPhil, BMBCh, MRCP, MD;

Mohamed O. Mohamed , MBChB, MRCP, MBBCh;

Mohammed Al-Khouli , MD;

Harriette G.C. Van Spall , MD, MPH;

The objective was to determine the average treatment effect of primary PCI versus medical treatment on in-hospital outcomes across the spectrum of frailty in patients with STEMI.

The objective was to determine...

01/03/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Ultra-Short Term Evaluation of Coronary Vessel Wall Changes in Reference Segments Adjacent to Culprit Lesions in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

12/01/2021

Giuseppe Andò , MD;

Stefano Rigattieri , MD, PhD;

Stefano Garducci , MD;

Ferdinando Varbella , MD;

Alexios Karagiannis , MD;

Cataldo Palmieri , MD;

Roberto Diletti , MD, PhD;

Jouke Dijkstra , PhD;

Paolo Calabro , MD;

Marianna Adamo , MD;

Andrea Picchi , MD;

Marco Valgimigli , MD, PhD, FESC;

Gennaro Sardella , MD, PhD;

Ugo Limbruno , MD, PhD;

Kazuhiro Dan , MD, PhD;

Carlo Briguori , MD, PhD;

Hector M. Garcia-Garcia , MD, PhD;

Omar Yacob , MD;

Kayode O. Kuku , MD;

Miguel A. Diaz-Torres , MD;

Enrico Frigoli , MD;

Giacomo Boccuzzi , MD;

Marco Zimarino , MD;

Marco Contarini , MD;

Filippo Russo , MD;

Kazuhiro Dan, MD, PhD and colleagues compared separately the fate of residual dissection and luminal area/dimension by OCT in the target vessel between pPCI and staged PCI, including 1-year clinical outcomes.

Kazuhiro Dan, MD, PhD and...

12/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Impact of Large Thrombus Burden on Very Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in Patients Presenting With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

11/01/2021

Peter de Jaegere , MD, PhD;

Felix Zijlstra , MD, PhD;

Paola Scarparo , MD;

Menno van Gameren , MD, PhD;

Wijnand K. den Dekker , MD, PhD;

Jeroen Wilschut , MD;

Roberto Diletti , MD, PhD;

Nicolas M. Van Mieghem , MD, PhD;

Joost Daemen , MD, PhD;

We compared very long-term clinical outcomes in STEMI patients with either large or small thrombus burden.

We compared very long-term...

11/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Thrombolysis-Guided Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

11/24/2018

Georgios Tzanis , MD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Francesco Giannini , MD;

Azeem Latib , MD, BCh, MBBCh;

A 77-year-old STEMI patient became hemodynamically unstable during attempted PCI, and operators were unable to visualize the right coronary artery ostium despite multiple attempts. Systemic thrombolysis resolved these issues and allowed PCI...

A 77-year-old STEMI patient...

11/24/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology