Purpose: To review the cause, epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of cardiogenic
shock. Data Sources: A MEDLINE search of the English-language reports published …

Major advances in the management of congestive heart failure1 and acute myocardial
infarction2 have ushered in a new era of optimism about the prognosis of patients with these …

Background—The extent of microvascular obstruction during acute coronary occlusion may
determine the eventual magnitude of myocardial damage and thus, patient prognosis after …

Background Despite remarkable advances in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction,
substantial early patient mortality remains. Appropriate choices among alternative therapies …

Purpose: To review the pathogenic mechanisms that lead to the poor prognosis of diabetic
patients after myocardial infarction and to determine the efficacy of current interventions for …

BACKGROUND: The optimal percutaneous interventional strategy for dealing with
significant non-culprit lesions in patients with multivessel disease (MVD) with acute …

Results of recent studies have suggested that routine cardiac catheterization may be
unnecessary after reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction. Therefore to better …

Background Previous studies have demonstrated hyperkinetic endocardial motion of
noninfarcted myocardium early after myocardial infarction (MI). We wished to substantiate …

With diabetes mellitus reaching epidemic proportions, mainly secondary to obesity, the
impact of cardiovascular disease due to this combination makes it a dominant public health …

The value of multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (MV-PCI) in patients with
cardiogenic shock (CS) and multivessel disease (MVD) is still unclear because randomized …