Open AccessAir Versus Oxygen in ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Dion Stub,
Karen Smith,
Stephen Bernard,
Ziad Nehme,
Michael Stephenson,
Janet Bray,
Peter Cameron,
Bill Barger,
A. Ellims,
Andrew J. Taylor,
Ian T. Meredith,
David M. Kaye
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.014494
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , elevation (ballistics) , st segment , geometry , mathematics
Oxygen is commonly administered to patients with ST-elevation-myocardial infarction despite previous studies suggesting a possible increase in myocardial injury as a result of coronary vasoconstriction and heightened oxidative stress.
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