The use of ultrasound enhancing agents (UEAs) has become an integral component of
echocardiography practice. Since the 2008 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) …

Cardioprotection aims at infarct size reduction and improvement of clinical outcome from
myocardial infarction. The translation of cardioprotection from preclinical and promising …

The success of a primary percutaneous intervention (PCI) in the setting of ST elevation
myocardial infarction depends on the functional and structural integrity of coronary …

Obstructive disease of the epicardial coronary arteries was recognized as the cause of
angina pectoris> 2 centuries ago, and sudden thrombotic occlusion of an epicardial …

The coronary circulation is both culprit and victim of acute myocardial infarction. The rupture
of an epicardial atherosclerotic plaque with superimposed thrombosis causes coronary …

In a variable proportion of patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial
infarction, ranging from 5% to 50%, primary percutaneous coronary intervention achieves …

Contrast echocardiography is widely used in cardiology. It is applied to improve image
quality, reader confidence and reproducibility both for assessing left ventricular (LV) …

The no-reflow phenomenon refers to the observation that when an organ is made ischemic
by occlusion of a large artery supplying it, restoration of patency in that artery does not …

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of no-reflow
phenomenon on 5-year mortality among patients with acute ST-segment elevation …

Primary percutaneous angioplasty (pPCI), represents the reperfusion strategy of choice for
patients with STEMI according to current international guidelines of the European Society of …