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Remote Ischemic Conditioning in Patients With Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary Angioplasty
Author(s) -
Kim Munk,
N.H. Andersen,
Michael Rahbek Schmidt,
Søren Steen Nielsen,
Christian Juhl Terkelsen,
Erik Sloth,
Hans Erik Bøtker,
Torsten Toftegaard Nielsen,
Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.110.957340
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ejection fraction , myocardial infarction , percutaneous coronary intervention , perfusion , angioplasty , heart failure
we have found that remote ischemic conditioning (rIC), adjunctive to primary angioplasty, increases myocardial salvage in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and extensive myocardial area at risk (AAR). The present substudy aimed to evaluate the short-term effects of rIC on left ventricular (LV) function.

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