Left Ventricular Remodeling After Anterior-STEMI PCI: Imaging Observations in the Door-to-Unload (DTU) Pilot Trial.
O'Neill WW, Wang DD, Polak S, Moses JW, Josephy N, Koenig G, Kim RJ, Lansky A, Bellumkonda L, Douglas PS, Kapur NK. Left Ventricular Remodeling After Anterior-STEMI PCI: Imaging Observations in the Door-to-Unload (DTU) Pilot Trial. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2022, 34: e611-e619. PMID: 35830361, DOI: 10.25270/jic/21.00401.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac magnetic resonanceLV ejection fractionInfarct sizeLeft ventricularLV unloadingEjection fractionPilot trialGroup 2Group 1ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patientsImproved LV ejection fractionElevation myocardial infarction patientsLV end-diastolic volumeMajor cardiovascular outcomesPercutaneous coronary interventionMyocardial infarction patientsEnd-diastolic volumeEnd-systolic volumeAnterior STEMIEchocardiographic LVEFCardiogenic shockCardiovascular outcomesEchocardiographic parametersImmediate reperfusionCoronary intervention