Assessment of microvascular injury after acute myocardial infarction: importance of the area at risk.
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Klem, I; Kim, RJ
Published in: Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med
December 2008
Microvascular obstruction after acute myocardial infarction has been associated with adverse ventricular remodeling, arrhythmias, and poor clinical outcome. Hirsch et al. demonstrate a moderate concordance between abnormal intracoronary Doppler flow characteristics assessed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and microvascular obstruction detected noninvasively by delayed-enhancement MRI. The results indicate, however, that coronary flow measurements might be insensitive to small amounts of microvascular obstruction, and suggest that considering the 'area at risk' is important in the evaluation of the severity and extent of myocardial damage.
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Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med
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1743-4300
Publication Date
December 2008
Volume
5
Issue
12
Start / End Page
756 / 757
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Severity of Illness Index
- No-Reflow Phenomenon
- Myocardial Infarction
- Microvessels
- Microcirculation
- Magnetic Resonance Angiography
- Laser-Doppler Flowmetry
- Humans
- Echocardiography, Doppler
- Coronary Vessels
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Klem, I., & Kim, R. J. (2008). Assessment of microvascular injury after acute myocardial infarction: importance of the area at risk. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med, 5(12), 756–757. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio1373
Klem, Igor, and Raymond J. Kim. “Assessment of microvascular injury after acute myocardial infarction: importance of the area at risk.” Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med 5, no. 12 (December 2008): 756–57. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio1373.
Klem I, Kim RJ. Assessment of microvascular injury after acute myocardial infarction: importance of the area at risk. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Dec;5(12):756–7.
Klem, Igor, and Raymond J. Kim. “Assessment of microvascular injury after acute myocardial infarction: importance of the area at risk.” Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med, vol. 5, no. 12, Dec. 2008, pp. 756–57. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1373.
Klem I, Kim RJ. Assessment of microvascular injury after acute myocardial infarction: importance of the area at risk. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Dec;5(12):756–757.
Published In
Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med
DOI
EISSN
1743-4300
Publication Date
December 2008
Volume
5
Issue
12
Start / End Page
756 / 757
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Severity of Illness Index
- No-Reflow Phenomenon
- Myocardial Infarction
- Microvessels
- Microcirculation
- Magnetic Resonance Angiography
- Laser-Doppler Flowmetry
- Humans
- Echocardiography, Doppler
- Coronary Vessels