Current Concepts on Antiplatelet Therapy: Focus on the Novel Thienopyridine and Non-Thienopyridine Agents by L. Testa, G. G. L. Biondi Zoccai, M. Valgimigli, R. A. Latini, S. Pizzocri, S. Lanotte, M. L. Laudisa, N. Brambilla, M. R. Ward, G. A. Figtree, F. Bedogni, R. Bhindi

“…They significantly reduce platelet activity and are therefore clinically beneficial in settings where platelet activation is a key pathophysiological feature, particularly myocardial infarction. Ticlopidine, the first of the class introduced to clinical practice, was soon challenged and almost completely replaced by clopidogrel for its better tolerability. …”
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Cardiac events and procedures following COVID-19 compared with other pneumonias: a national register study by Knut Stavem, Peder Langeland Myhre, Kristian Berge, Tarjei Øvrebotten, Birgitte Tholin

“…We defined outcomes using ICD-10 codes for incident myocarditis, acute myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation/flutter, heart failure, ischaemic heart disease, other cardiac disease and total cardiac disease (any heart condition). …”
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Treatment of Aortic and Iliac Artery Aneurysms with Multilayer Flow Modulator: Single Centre Experiences by Cengiz Ovalı, Aykut Şahin, Murat Eroğlu, Sinan Balçın, Sadettin Dernek, Mustafa Behçet Sevin

“…The third patient died at the end of the third month due to acute myocardial infarction. The rest of the patients developed no complications or had no mortality at their 12-month follow-ups. …”
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Captopril Pretreatment Produces an Additive Cardioprotection to Isoflurane Preconditioning in Attenuating Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Rabbits and in Humans by Yi Tian, Haobo Li, Peiyu Liu, Jun-mei Xu, Michael G. Irwin, Zhengyuan Xia, Guogang Tian

“…In rabbits, Cap or Iso significantly reduced postischemic myocardial infarction. Iso+Cap additively reduced cellular injury that was associated with improved postischemic myocardial functional recovery and reduced myocardial apoptosis and attenuated oxidative stress. …”
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Benefits and Harms of Extending the Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Drug-Eluting Stents: A Meta-Analysis by Chun Shing Kwok, Heerajnarain Bulluck, Alisdair D. Ryding, Yoon K. Loke

“…No significant increase in the composite endpoint of death and nonfatal myocardial infarction was observed with earlier cessation of DAPT in any instance when compared to longer durations of DAPT (RR 0.64 95% CI 0.25–1.63 for 3 versus 12 months, RR 1.09 95% CI 0.84–1.41 for 6 versus 12 months and, RR 0.64 95% CI 0.35–1.16 for 12 versus 24 months). …”
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Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection by Saber Hassan, Rohit Samuel, Andrew Starovoytov, Carolyn Lee, Eve Aymong, Jacqueline Saw

“…SCAD is an important cause of myocardial infarction (MI) in young-to-middle-aged women. …”
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Study of Erythrocyte Indices, Erythrocyte Morphometric Indicators, and Oxygen-Binding Properties of Hemoglobin Hematoporphyrin Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases by Victor V. Revin, Antonina A. Ushakova, Natalia V. Gromova, Larisa A. Balykova, Elvira S. Revina, Vera V. Stolyarova, Tatiana A. Stolbova, Ilya N. Solomadin, Alexander Yu. Tychkov, Nadezhda V. Revina, Oksana G. Imarova

“…The current study investigates the functional state of erythrocytes and indices of the oxygen-binding capacity of hemoglobin in blood samples from healthy donors and from patients with coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction before and after treatment. It has been established that, in cardiovascular diseases, erythrocyte morphology and hemoglobin oxygen-transporting disorders are observed. …”
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Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients on Hemodialysis following Drug-Eluting versus Bare-Metal Coronary Stents by Amir F. Mohani, Srikanth Penumetsa, Amin Daoulah, Gregory Giugliano, Amir Lotfi

“…The primary outcome compared was a composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction (MI), congestive heart failure (CHF), target vessel revascularization (TVR), and stroke at 30 days and one year. …”
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Impact of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Implantation of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump on the Outcome of an Acute Total Obstruction of the Left Main Coronary Artery by Hamza Hamayel, Yahya Ismail, Sajed Majadla, Yousef Hamshari, Yunis Daralammouri

“…An electrocardiogram showed anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. He was given loading doses of dual antiplatelet agents, in addition to respiratory support, then transferred immediately to the cardiac catheterization laboratory. …”
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Cerebrovascular stenosis related to tyrosine kinase inhibitor for chronic myeloid leukemia: two illustrative cases by Nozomi Sasaki, Yukiko Enomoto, Takamitsu Hori, Hirofumi Matsubara, Yusuke Egashira, Tsuyoshi Izumo

“…Nilotinib and ponatinib, second- and third-generation TKIs, respectively, have been reported to cause adverse vascular occlusive events such as myocardial infarction and peripheral arterial disease. However, little is known about the risk of cerebral infarction associated with severe cerebrovascular stenosis, which is a late complication of TKIs. …”
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Rare Clinical Course of Immunoglobulin G4-Related Inflammatory Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm with Multiple Rare Complications by Yuji Naito, Tsukasa Miyatake, Manami Iwasaki, Atsushi Okuyama, Akio Takada, Koji Chiba, Masahiko Obata, Junichi Oba

“…About one month after stent grafting, he developed perforation of the sigmoid colon due to enteritis. He also had myocardial infarction. Finally, he died of intestinal bleeding. …”
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Comparing and Correlating Outcomes between Open and Percutaneous Access in Endovascular Aneurysm Repair in Aortic Aneurysms Using a Retrospective Cohort Study Design by Peter DeVito, Ali Kimyaghalam, Sameh Shoukry, Robert DeVito, John Williams, Eashaa Kumar, Eugene Vitvitsky

“…We then compared overall mortality, hematoma or seroma formation, graft infection, arterio-venous injury, distal embolization, limb loss, myocardial infarction or arrhythmia, and renal dysfunction. …”
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Factors Influencing Postoperative Inpatient Rehabilitation Requirement After Surgical Intervention for Isolated Hip Fracture: A Multicenter Study by Daniel J. Lynch, Andrew Romero, James P. McFadden, Peter Zeblisky, Huazhi Liu, Darwin Ang

“…This cohort had a longer average hospital stay, higher incidence of diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic renal failure, history of cerebrovascular accident, functionally dependent health status, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia, baseline anticoagulation therapy, and history of myocardial infarction. DVT during hospitalization was encountered more often in patients discharged to rehab. …”
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Clinical outcomes following shock team implementation for cardiogenic shock: a systematic review by Mohamed Abdelnabi, Ahmed Saad Elsaeidy, Aya Moustafa Aboutaleb, Amit Johanis, Ahmed K. Ghanem, Hazem Rezq, Basel Abdelazeem

“…It can manifest following acute myocardial infarction or acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure. …”
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Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Rewiring Technique in a Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Involving Left Main Bifur... by Yohei Numasawa, Souichi Yokokura, Yasuhiro Hitomi, Shohei Imaeda, Makoto Tanaka, Ryota Tabei, Masaki Kodaira

“…The patient was diagnosed with non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction, and coronary angiography revealed a dissection at the proximal site of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) extending from the left main trunk (LMT) suggestive of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD). …”
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Cardiovascular diseases in patients with cancer: A comprehensive review of epidemiological trends, cardiac complications, and prognostic implications by Ali A. Alshahrani, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Catharine Morgan, Rathi Ravindrarajah, Glen P. Martin, Mamas A. Mamas, Rongman Jia

“…Many chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancer are associated with cardiovascular complications (such as heart failure, myocardial infarction, and thrombosis). Current evidence indicates a significant burden of CVD in patients with cancer, particularly in the first year following cancer diagnosis, with elevated risk persisting beyond this period. …”
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Left atrial appendage cannulation for left ventricular unloading in a patient with ventricular thrombus on extracorporeal life support by Anne-Kristin Schaefer, Dominik Wiedemann, Gottfried Heinz, Julia Riebandt, Robert Zilberszac

“…Case presentation A 61-year-old patient presenting with normotensive cardiogenic shock (SCAI C) after subacute anterior wall myocardial infarction deteriorated with pulmonary edema and ventricular fibrillation, requiring veno-arterial extracorporeal life support under ongoing CPR (SCAI E). …”
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Combination of White Blood Cell Count to Mean Platelet Volume Ratio and Neutrophil-to-Platelet Ratio Predicts Long-Term Adverse Events in Patients with MINOCA by Ayman A. Mohammed, Lu Liu, Redhwan M. Mareai, Abdul-Quddus Mohammed, Guoqing Yin, Shekhar Singh, Yawei Xu, Fuad A. Abdu, Wenliang Che

“…We aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of WMR and NPR among myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) patients. …”
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Subconjunctival hemorrhage and modern treatment approaches by I.V. Vorobyeva, M.A. Frolov, A.M. Frolov, D.A. Trofimova, S. Shallah

“…</p> <p> <b>Keywords: </b>subconjunctival hemorrhage (SCH), myocardial infarction, stroke, oxidative stress, methylethylpyridinol. …”
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Urban vs Suburban: Is the Door-to-Balloon Time Affected by Geographic, Socioeconomic, or Racial Differences? A Tale of Two Campuses by Marc Zughaib, Patrick Ters, Robby Singh, Marcel Zughaib

“…In 2004, the ACC/AHA released guidelines in the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) within a time window from the time a patient physically enters the hospital to the time of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). …”
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