Symptom-to-Balloon Time Linked to Infarct Size in STEMI
Patients with long versus short SBT exhibit greater microvascular obstruction; no association seen by door-to-balloon time.
Patients with long versus short SBT exhibit greater microvascular obstruction; no association seen by door-to-balloon time.
Improving the cardiovascular health of patients and the general population requires increased primordial and primary prevention efforts.
The prevalence of elevated levels of hsCRP was found to progressively increase in patients undergoing PCI with increasing BMI.
Researchers examined associations of subclinical hypothyroidism with in-hospital outcomes and all-cause mortality in a large cohort of patients with STEMI who underwent PCI.
A novel vs reference DAPT regimen after staged PCI was found to reduce the risk for bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Cardiovascular outcomes were found to be worse among Black vs White pregnant and postpartum women.
Large randomized trials assessing the efficacy of ECLS in AMI with cardiogenic shock for the prevention of all-cause mortality and neurologic outcomes are needed.
Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at risk for heart failure treated with metformin may have reduced deterioration of LV filling pressures and myocardial relaxation.
Researchers theorized that disparities between the sexes in the management of MI had changed over time, altering the prognoses after MI, especially the risk for heart failure.
Elevated LDL-C polygenic scores associated with higher LDL-C levels and increased risk for ASCVD in patients with monogenic familial hypercholesterolemia.