Fever in myocardial infarction: Is it still common, is it still predictive? | Zendy

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Fever in myocardial infarction: Is it still common, is it still predictive?

Author(s) -

Michał Kacprzak,

Michał Kidawa,

Marzenna Zielińska

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

cardiology journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573

H-Index - 33

eISSN - 1897-5593

pISSN - 1898-018X

DOI - 10.5603/cj.2012.0067

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , ejection fraction , percutaneous coronary intervention , quartile , fibrinogen , heart failure , confidence interval

Before introduction of reperfusion therapy, fever was frequently observed in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Little is known about this symptom during the widespread use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI). The aim of this study was to assess, whether body temperature is a predictor of impaired left ventricular systolic function in patients with AMI.

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