2008
Association of Leukocyte and Neutrophil Counts With Infarct Size, Left Ventricular Function and Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Chia S, Nagurney J, Brown D, Raffel O, Bamberg F, Senatore F, Wackers F, Jang I. Association of Leukocyte and Neutrophil Counts With Infarct Size, Left Ventricular Function and Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2008, 103: 333-337. PMID: 19166685, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.09.085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionLeft ventricular ejection fractionPrimary PCIST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionElevation myocardial infarctionLarger infarct sizePercutaneous coronary interventionInfarct sizeNeutrophil countMyocardial infarctionElevated leukocytesLeukocyte countCardiac eventsCoronary interventionFirst ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionAcute Myocardial Infarction StudyST-elevation myocardial infarctionAssociation of leukocytesComposite cardiac eventsIntracellular calcium modulatorsLeft Ventricular SalvageAdverse cardiac eventsElevated leukocyte countPlacebo-controlled trialMyocardial Infarction Study
1981
Imaging the inflammatory response to acute myocardial infarction in man using indium-111-labeled autologous platelets.
Davies R, Thakur M, Berger H, Wackers F, Gottschalk A, Zaret B. Imaging the inflammatory response to acute myocardial infarction in man using indium-111-labeled autologous platelets. Circulation 1981, 63: 826-832. PMID: 7471338, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.63.4.826.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial infarctionInflammatory responseIndium-111-labeled autologous plateletsMembrane-active antiarrhythmic drugsPeak serum creatine kinaseStable coronary artery diseaseAcute transmural myocardial infarctionPeripheral leukocyte countCoronary artery diseaseAcute myocardial infarctionHours of infarctionTransmural myocardial infarctionIncidence of pericarditisLocation of infarctionIndium-111 leukocytesSerum creatine kinaseChest painArtery diseaseAntiarrhythmic drugsAcute infarctionAutologous leukocytesLeukocyte countAntiinflammatory drugsAutologous plateletsInfarction