Not exact matches
Even though there has been substantial reduction in CVD mortality over the last 30 years, new reports show an increase in
acute myocardial infarction among the younger population in Norway, and similar observations have been reported also
from other countries.
Data
from the BRIGHT trial recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrated that bivalirudin was superior to both heparin monotherapy and heparin plus tirofiban for patients with
acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Data
from AMIS Plus, the Swiss nationwide registry for
acute myocardial infarction, were used to analyse 8,911 heart attack patients admitted to hospitals in Switzerland between March 2005 and August 2016.
The patients were enrolled in a major study known as TRIUMPH (Translational Research Investigating Underlying disparities in
acute Myocardial infarction Patients» Health) conducted
from 2005 to 2008 at 24 U.S. hospitals, including Barnes - Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
The study, led by Yadong Wang, the William Kepler Whiteford Professor in Bioengineering in the Swanson School of Engineering and the principal investigator of the Biomaterials Foundry at Pitt, found that a single administration of extracellular matrices (ECM)
from zebrafish hearts restored the function of the heart and regenerated adult mouse heart tissues after
acute myocardial infarction.
For this reason, the authors tested the hypothesis that voluntary blood donation is associated with reduced risk of
acute myocardial infarction in a prospective epidemiologic follow - up study in men
from eastern Finland.
Myocardial infarction (MI) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI), commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cel
Myocardial infarction (MI) or
acute myocardial infarction (AMI), commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cel
myocardial infarction (AMI), commonly known as a heart attack, results
from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die.
Genetic variants associated with
acute myocardial infarction in 8,000 individuals
from five ethnic groups: The Interheart Genetics Study.