INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Occasionally, coronary arteries without significant stenosis are observed during invasive treatment of acute non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). The aim was to investigate predictive factors and prognosis in these patients. METHODS The study involved 504 patients admitted for NSTEMI who underwent cardiac catheterization. The primary end-point was the o...

Purpose: To assess the relationship between the severity of coronary arteries involvement and the extent and pattern of myocardial scars in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance of patients with history of remote myocardial infarction. Materials and Methods: The Cardiac Magnetic Resonance images of sixty patients with history of remote ST segment or non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction were ...

INTRODUCTION Data about treatments and recurrent ischemic events in patients surviving their most recent myocardial infarction event-free for at least 12 months are scarce. METHODS In a retrospective data analysis, charts of patients who had a myocardial infarction 1-3 years ago with an event-free period of at least 12 months after the index event and at least one high risk factor were centra...

The aim of the study was to compare the course of myocardial infarction in women versus men in Upper Silesia, an industrial region in the south of Poland. The study comprised 1003 patients with either ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). The patients were divided into group 1 (300 females) and group 2 (control, 703 males). The groups dif...

BACKGROUND The presence of pre-infarction angina (PIA) has been shown to confer cardioprotection after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, the clinical impact of PIA in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) remains to be determined. METHODS AND RESULTS From the obseRvatoire des Infarctus de Côte d'Or (RICO) survey, 1541 consecutive patients admitted ...

More than 30 000 patients have been enrolled in trials assessing the efficacy of glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitors in unstable angina (UA) or non– ST-segment elevation MI (NSTEMI). The initial trials demonstrated that the use of a GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor resulted in a significant decrease in the rate of death or nonfatal myocardial infarction.1,2 More recently, however, the GP IIb/IIIa inhibi...

Background Chest pain is an indicator of possible myocardial infarction. Definite diagnosis of non ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) requires sequential measurement of troponin levels. It is a challenge for the Emergency Department physician to select patients for observation. The aim of the present study was retrospectively to describe the patient cohort selected for observation with...

OBJECTIVE Younger, but not older, women have a higher mortality than men of similar age after a myocardial infarction (MI). We sought to determine whether this relationship is true for both ST elevation MI (STEMI) and non-ST elevation MI (NSTEMI). DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING 1057 USA hospitals participant in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction between 2000 and 2006...

Objectives: To determine frequency of left main stem (LMS) and triple vessel coronary artery disease (3VCAD) in patients Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) to compare the LMS 3VCAD with NSTEMI or without ST elevation lead aVR. Methodology: Total 346 having age 30-70 years were included this descriptive cross-sectional study. The data on demographic details was collected. All underw...

Sir, A coronary syndrome (ACS) comprises of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and unstable angina (UA). Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin (ASA) and clopidogrel (P2Y12 receptor inhibitor) reduces cardiovascular (CV) death, MI and stroke. However, 5-44% of studied patient population showed high platelet activity despit...