AIMS Randomized trial to assess change in left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) and myocardial perfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) of anterior wall treated with bone marrow stem cells (BMSCs), compared with control group-from baseline in the acute phase up to 12 months of follow-up. METHODS AND RESULTS Forty-five patients were randomized 2:1 to BMSC group (n= 31) or...

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BACKGROUND Recently, a chronic total occlusion (CTO) in a non-infarct-related artery (non-IRA) and not multivessel disease (MVD) alone was identified as an independent predictor of mortality after ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) constitute a patient group with a high prevalence of MVD and high mortality after STEMI. The prevalence of CTO in a non...

OBJECTIVES This study assessed the degree of endothelial dysfunction in post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and its subsequent status in the infarct-related artery (IRA) in patients treated with thrombolysis. BACKGROUND Coronary flow reserve alterations in the IRA after thrombolysis have been described, but the endothelium-dependent vasomotion has not been investigated, to date. METHODS ...

www.aana.com/aanajournalonline Upcoming Book: Ira P. Gunn To the editor: At the upcoming Annual Congress in Salt Lake City the AANA will release the newly published book Ira P. Gunn, Nurse Anesthetist. For my co-editors and me, work on the book was a true labor of love and an exploration of the genius Ira was. We each knew Ira in different ways and at somewhat different times, but we each learn...

In this research paper, an experimental breakthrough curve for citric acid in an adsorption recovery process was determined by an ion-exchange resin in 20, 35, 55 °C. Also, a mathematical model for breakthrough curve was presented. Among ion exchange resins that have been experienced, many weak and strong basic anionic resins are available such as, IRA-92, IRA-93, IRA-420 and IRA-458 and all of...

The issue of multivessel percutaneous revascularization in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is currently unambiguously decided by the guidelines: with the exception of cardiogenic shock, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) should be limited to the culprit stenosis in the infarct-related artery (IRA), with the class and level of evidence IIaB in the ESC and IIIB in ACCF/ /...

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to investigate whether P wave dispersion (PWD), measured before, during and after fibrinolytic therapy (FT,) is able to predict successful reperfusion and infarct related artery (IRA) patency in patients with acute anterior MI who received FT. METHODS Sixty-eight patients who presented with acute anterior MI were enrolled in the study. An electrocardiogram was...

. In this paper, we consider coding of short data frames (192 bits) by IRA codes. A new interleaver for the IRA codes based on a Gruenbaum graph is proposed. The difference of the proposed algorithm from known methods consists in the following: permutation is performed by using a match smaller interleaver which is derived from the Gruenbaum graph by finding in this graph a Hamiltonian path, enu...