Primary PCI is widely recognized as the best early option for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

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Patients receiving an acute intervention, for example in myocardial infarction, need anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs but these increase the risk of bleeding.

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If any part of the chamber is not contracting, which may indicate an old myocardial infarction (a portion of the heart muscle is dead).

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The reduction in bleeding translates into a reduction in events and even into a reduction in mortality, particularly in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

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Researchers tracked the numbers of patients with myocardial infarction admitted to the General Hospital of Kalamata pre-economic crisis (in the years 2004-2007) and post-economic crisis (2008-2011).

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Translation: I had inherited two bad copies of the genetic misfire, so my risk of an early heart attack--a myocardial infarction--is 70% greater than for the general population.

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