March 8, 2004 (New Orleans) — A novel compound that inhibits calcium overload and increases calcium uptake in the sarcoplasmic reticulum fell short of expectations overall, but calderet showed promise ...

Among patients with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), elevated white blood cell (WBC) count at baseline is a powerful independent predictor of infarct size as measured by ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Results from the CHILL-MI trial indicate that induced hypothermia before PCI significantly reduced infarct size in patients with early anterior STEMI but not across the entire study ...

LONDON, England—In patients with anterior STEMI, giving the immunosuppressant agent cyclosporine prior to revascularization does not to appear to improve clinical outcomes, according results of a ...

Anterior Cerebral Artery Infarction. Axial CT scans. Note the hypodense area in the right medial frontal lobe in the distribution of the right anterior cerebral artery. As the lesion is more than 2-3 ...

SVR with coronary artery bypass grafting and mitral-valve surgery improves late prognosis in patients with ischemic dilatated heart, although perioperative risk is high with advanced NYHA class The ...

AWANS, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Miracor Medical SA (Miracor Medical) has announced the award of the CE Mark for its latest generation of PiCSO Impulse Catheter and PiCSO Impulse Console, which is ...

Previous studies suggest that the proportion of ischemic risk zone that becomes necrotic following myocardial infarction (MI) is directly correlated with temperature. According to Hale and Kloner, [1] ...

THE electrocardiographic findings resulting from infarction of the interventricular septum were recently described by Roesler and Dressler.‡ These investigators found that when the septum was involved ...

Unrecognized MI Prevalent in Older Adults, Ups Mortality For patients with anterior wall ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI), elevated white blood cell count (WBCc) on presentation is ...