ST elevation after myocardial infarction: what does it mean?

acute st-elevation myocardial infarction after coronary stent fracture

the invention of the drug-eluting stent (des) has brought about revolutionary changes in the field of interventional cardiology. in the des era, in-stent restenosis has declined but new issues such as stent thrombosis have emerged. one of the emerging paradigms in the des era is stent fracture. there are reports about stent fracture leading to in-stent restenosis or stent thrombosis. most of th...

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Background—In the United States, efforts are underway to improve timely access to percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The Joint Commission (TJC) and the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) have developed standardized definitions and clinical performance measures for STEMI. The purpose of this study was to dete...

Myocardial Hemorrhage After Acute Reperfused ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Mean platelet volume in ST elevation and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction

Platelet activation is thought to play a key pathogenetic mechanism in acute coronary syndromes. We investigated the mean platelet volume and platelet count in patients with both ST elevation myocardial infarction and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. Fifty two patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and 56 patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction were enrolled in the...

participation, what does it mean?

participation has been with us since the inception of living in a family. participation developed in the matrix of religion and, two centuries ago, opend up its way in political systems of european countries. it supported the democratic principle of people's determining their own destiny. today, participation is considered a necessity for the total development of not only individuals, but ...