2016
Impact of gender on infarct size, ST-segment resolution, myocardial blush and clinical outcomes after primary stenting for acute myocardial infarction: Substudy from the EMERALD trial
Ng VG, Mori K, Costa RA, Kish M, Mehran R, Urata H, Saku K, Stone GW, Lansky AJ. Impact of gender on infarct size, ST-segment resolution, myocardial blush and clinical outcomes after primary stenting for acute myocardial infarction: Substudy from the EMERALD trial. International Journal Of Cardiology 2016, 207: 269-276. PMID: 26808991, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous interventionAcute myocardial infarctionST-segment resolutionInfarct sizeMyocardial infarctionST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarctionPrimary PCIPrior acute myocardial infarctionElevation acute myocardial infarctionComplete ST resolutionSmaller infarct sizeDistal protection devicesSmall vessel sizeGender-specific factorsDistal protectionEMERALD trialLAD infarctsMore hypertensionWorse comorbiditiesMidterm outcomesPrimary stentingSegment resolutionAMI patientsClinical outcomesST resolution
2009
Correlations between epicardial flow, microvascular reperfusion, infarct size and clinical outcomes in patients with anterior versus non-anterior myocardial infarction treated with primary or rescue angioplasty: analysis from the EMERALD trial.
Nikolsky E, Stone GW, Lee E, Lansky AJ, Webb J, Cox DA, Brodie BR, Turco MA, Rutherford BD, Kalynych AM, Antoniucci D, Krucoff MW, Gibbons RJ, Fahy M, Mehran R. Correlations between epicardial flow, microvascular reperfusion, infarct size and clinical outcomes in patients with anterior versus non-anterior myocardial infarction treated with primary or rescue angioplasty: analysis from the EMERALD trial. EuroIntervention 2009, 5: 417-24. PMID: 19755327, DOI: 10.4244/eijv5i4a66.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplastyAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryBlood PressureBradycardiaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMulticenter Studies as TopicMyocardial InfarctionPostoperative ComplicationsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicStentsSurvival AnalysisSurvivorsTachycardiaTreatment FailureTreatment OutcomeConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMicrovascular reperfusionInfarct sizeClinical outcomesMyocardial infarctionEMERALD trialLAD infarctsDistal protectionGrade 3Final TIMI flow grade 3Myocardial blush grade 3Non-anterior myocardial infarctionTIMI flow grade 3ST-segment resolutionEvent-free survivalInfarct-related arteryLarger infarct sizeSevere heart failureRate of reperfusionRescue angioplastyCulprit vesselPrimary PCIReperfusion successEpicardial flowHeart failure