Medical advances in the care of cardiac patients have resulted in more patients surviving an
acute myocardial infarction (MI) than ever before. Each year hundreds of thousands of these …

Although considerable advances have been made in the diagnosis and management of
acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the disorder is still a major cause of morbidity and …

心力衰竭(Heart failure, 简称心衰) 是指任何原因引起心肌损伤, 造成心肌结构和功能发生改变,
致使心室泵血功能降低不能满足机体代谢需要的临床综合征, 是各种心脏病的终末阶段 …

Background Accelerated infusion of alteplase (tissue plasminogen activator) over a period of
90 minutes induces more rapid lysis of coronary-artery thrombi than a 3-hour infusion. With …

Background: Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), the major n-3 fatty acid in fish oil, exerts
cardioprotective effects against ischemic heart disease; however, the detailed mechanisms …

Ventricular remodeling indicates a dynamic process, starting with and after acute myocardial
infarction, as a result of structural and functional modifications which involve acutely and …

Despite major advances made over the last decade, mortality following acute myocardial
infarction (MI) is still high even for patients treated with the “front-loaded” recombinant tissue …

Acute myocardial infarction, particularly when it produces large transmural infarcts, can
initiate complex changes in the structural and functional architecture of both infarcted and …

Since the publication of the first edition of New Therapeutic Agents in Thrombosis and
Thrombolysis book five years ago, our understanding of the determinants of the hemostatic …

Early reopening of the infarct-related artery salvages myocardium and, consequently,
preserves left ventricular function, which results in an improved survival rate (the early open …