Despite the availability of invasive circulatory monitoring, inotropes and thrombolysis,
mortality from cardiogenic shock remains in excess of 50%, and continues to account for the …

Increased regional left ventricular function frequently occurs in the nonischemic myocardium
after acute coronary occlusion. To further define the regional and global effects of this …

This study assesses the impact of early percutaneous coronary intervention in patients
presenting with cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction. Predictors of in-hospital …

In patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes, 30–60% of patients have multiple
significant coronary lesions. Patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome and …

The effects of circumflex coronary artery occlusion on regional myocardial performance and
blood flow in the left ventricular anterior wall was studied, using 16 thoracotomized …

Although the mechanism is unknown, clinical trials have suggested that intravenous beta-
adrenergic blockade may prevent early cardiac rupture after myocardial infarction. Previous …

Coronary bypass surgery was performed prior to hospital discharge in 303 (22%) of 1387
consecutive patients enrolled in the TAMI 1 to 3 and 5 trials of intravenous thrombolytic …

Patients who develop cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction have a very high
mortality rate despite early reperfusion therapy. Hemodynamic stabilization can often only …

Loss of contractile myocardial tissue by myocardial infarction would result in depressed
cardiac output if compensatory mechanisms would not be operative. Frank-Straub …

Methods: A cohort of 215 consecutive patients who had received primary angioplasty for
STEMI and MVD were divided into two groups according to whether angioplasty had been …