Intracoronary microparticles and microvascular obstruction in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous intervention

I Porto, LM Biasucci, GL De Maria… - European heart …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Aims Microparticles (MP) are cell-derived fragments known to be increased in the blood of
patients with acute coronary syndromes. We aimed to assess, in ST elevation myocardial …

Adjustment of the GRACE score by growth differentiation factor 15 enables a more accurate appreciation of risk in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome

C Widera, MJ Pencina, A Meisner, T Kempf… - European heart …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Aims The aim of the study was to evaluate whether knowledge of the circulating
concentration of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) adds predictive information to the …

Can early cardiac troponin I measurement help to predict recent coronary occlusion in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors?

F Dumas, S Manzo-Silberman, J Fichet… - Critical care …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Recent guidelines recommend the immediate performance of a coronary
angiography when an acute myocardial infarction is suspected as a cause of out-of-hospital …

Early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in patients with pre-existing coronary artery disease using more sensitive cardiac troponin assays

M Reiter, R Twerenbold, T Reichlin, B Benz… - European heart …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Aims We sought to examine the diagnostic and prognostic utility of sensitive cardiac troponin
(cTn) assays in patients with pre-existing coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods and …

Troponin criteria for myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention

V Novack, M Pencina, DJ Cohen… - Archives of internal …, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Background The universal definition of myocardial infarction specifies creatine kinase–MB
fraction (CKMB) or troponin values more than 3 times the 99th percentile of the upper …

American college of cardiology/American heart Association/European society of cardiology/World Heart Federation Universal definition of myocardial infarction …

MP Bonaca, SD Wiviott, E Braunwald, SA Murphy… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The availability of more sensitive biomarkers of myonecrosis and a new
classification system from the universal definition of myocardial infarction (MI) have led to …

Troponin I in acute decompensated heart failure: insights from the ASCEND‐HF study

GM Felker, V Hasselblad, WHW Tang… - European journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aims We examined the prognostic importance of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) in a cohort of
patients enrolled in the ASCEND‐HF study of nesiritide in acute decompensated heart …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the global burden of ischemic heart disease: part 1: methods for a systematic review of the global epidemiology of ischemic heart disease in 1990 …

AE Moran, JT Oliver, M Mirzaie, MH Forouzanfar… - Global heart, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. The
GBD (Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors) study (GBD 2010 Study) …

CYP2C19*2 and *17 Alleles Have a Significant Impact on Platelet Response and Bleeding Risk in Patients Treated With Prasugrel After Acute Coronary Syndrome

T Cuisset, M Loosveld, PE Morange, J Quilici… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2012 - jacc.org
Objectives: The present study was designed to assess the effect of genetic variants on
chronic biological response to prasugrel and bleeding complications. Background …

Long-term cardiovascular mortality after procedure-related or spontaneous myocardial infarction in patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome …

P Damman, L Wallentin, KAA Fox, F Windhausen… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The present study was designed to investigate the long-term prognostic
impact of procedure-related and spontaneous myocardial infarction (MI) on cardiovascular …