"I just don't think that's where the world of myocardial repair is going, " he said.
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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Dr. Kaul is an internationally recognized heart researcher renowned for developing microbubble-based myocardial contrast echocardiography for the early detection of coronary heart disease.
If any part of the chamber is not contracting, which may indicate an old myocardial infarction (a portion of the heart muscle is dead).
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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The condition results from the failure of myocardial development from birth.
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.
It results from the failure of myocardial development from birth.
Under ObamaCare, the government has begun imposing financial penalties on hospitals deemed to be readmitting too many Medicare patients within 30 days for pneumonia, heart failure, or myocardial infarct (heart attack).
The most recent European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for myocardial revascularization, which were published in 2010, recommend that patients treated with a DES remain on DAPT for six to 12 months.
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