Sentences with phrase «ischemic postconditioning»

Ischemic postconditioning is a variation on angioplasty that involves using 30 - second bursts of blood flow interspersed with 30 - second pauses to restore blood flow to the heart.

The DANAMI - 3 iPOST trial, which took place in Denmark, included 1,234 patients (average age 61; 79 percent male) with acute STEMI symptoms of less than 12 hours» duration who were randomly assigned to receive standard angioplasty or ischemic postconditioning prior to stent implantation in the blocked artery.

A large randomized controlled trial of ischemic postconditioning in patients who had experienced the deadliest form of heart attack — ST - segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)-- failed to show that this procedure significantly reduces death from any cause or hospitalization for heart failure, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 65th Annual Scientific Session.

Earlier studies in STEMI patients showed that ischemic postconditioning improved ST - segment resolution — an important marker of arterial blockage on electrocardiogram — reduced damage to heart muscle, and in some patients limited the extent of reperfusion injury.