BACKGROUND Interleukin-37 (IL-37) is a new discovered member of the interleukin family and plays anti-inflammatory effect in some inflammatory disease. A recent study found that IL-37 elevated significantly in peripheral blood of patients with acute myocardial infarction. We aimed to explore the effect IL-37 on cardiac function after mice myocardial infarction (MI) and its mechanism. METHODS ...

Cesium-129 is concentrated in the myocardium after intravenous administration permitting myocardial imaging. The dosage used was 2-2.5 mCi in dogs and 3-4 mCi in patients. Four or more views with 200,000 counts per view were obtained 30 to 90 minutes after administration. Control images were obtained in 30 dogs. In two dogs anatomic landmarks were obtained using technetium-99m markers. In 24 do...

Reprint requests to: Dr. Yu-Shien Ko The First Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. No. 5, Fu Sing Street, Gueishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, R.O.C. Evaluat ion of chest pain in the emergency department (ED) is a formidable chal lenge. It is established that multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) can detect the changes of myocardial perfusion aft...

Knowledge of the probable outcome after myocardial infarction (MI) is important in formulating an appropriate plan of management, as with ST elevation MI versus non-ST elevation MI (non-Q-wave MI). The following information on risk stratification is relevant to decision making. Acute MI in-hospital mortality is about 12–14% (Table 2.1.). Several characteristics alter the in-hospital and postdis...

acute chest pain is an important and frequently occurring symptom in patients. chest pain is often a sign of ischemic heart disease. chest pain due to suspected acute coronary syndrome (acs) is responsible for a large and increasing number of hospital attendances and admissions. current practice for suspected acs involves troponin testing 10–12 hours after symptom onset to diagnose myocardial i...

Knowledge of the probable outcome after myocardial infarction (MI) is important in formulating an appropriate plan of management, as with ST elevation MI versus non-ST elevation MI (non-Q-wave MI). The following information on risk stratification is relevant to decision making. Acute MI in-hospital mortality is about 12–14% (Table 2.1.). Several characteristics alter the in-hospital and postdis...

The records of 288 patients undergoing isolated surgical myocardial revascularization between June 1989 and September 1992 were reviewed to determine the relative risk associated with surgery after an acute myocardial infarction (MI). A total of 73 patients (25 percent) were operated on within 30 days of an acute infarction while 215 patients (75 percent) had no history of recent infarction. Pa...