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
2007
Impact of Time to Treatment on Myocardial Reperfusion and Infarct Size With Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction (from the EMERALD Trial)
Brodie BR, Webb J, Cox DA, Qureshi M, Kalynych A, Turco M, Schultheiss HP, Dulas D, Rutherford B, Antoniucci D, Stuckey T, Krucoff M, Gibbons R, Lansky A, Na Y, Mehran R, Stone GW, Investigators E. Impact of Time to Treatment on Myocardial Reperfusion and Infarct Size With Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction (from the EMERALD Trial). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2007, 99: 1680-1686. PMID: 17560875, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.01.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionPrimary PCIPercutaneous coronary interventionSmaller infarct sizeInfarct sizeNonanterior infarctionDistal protectionCoronary interventionMyocardial infarctionST-elevation myocardial infarctionHigh-risk patientsTriage of patientsAcute myocardial infarctionEMERALD trialImpact of timeControl patientsEarly reperfusionMyocardial reperfusionClinical outcomesAnterior infarctionMyocardial blushReperfusionInfarctionMortality ratePatients