Despite the increasing use and success of interventional coronary reperfusion strategies,
morbidity and mortality from acute myocardial infarction are still substantial. Myocardial …

Despite prompt epicardial recanalization in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI), coronary microvascular obstruction and dysfunction (CMVO) …

Background Ischemic heart disease is a major cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The
role of immediate coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in …

The incidence of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has decreased over
the last two decades in developed countries, but mortality from STEMI despite widespread …

The damage inflicted on the myocardium during acute myocardial infarction is the result of 2
processes: ischemia and subsequent reperfusion (ischemia/reperfusion injury). During the …

Cardioprotection aims at infarct size reduction and improvement of clinical outcome from
myocardial infarction. The translation of cardioprotection from preclinical and promising …

In remote ischemic conditioning (RIC), brief, reversible episodes of ischemia with
reperfusion in one vascular bed, tissue, or organ confer a global protective phenotype and …

Ischaemic heart disease and the heart failure that often results, remain the leading causes of
death and disability in Europe and worldwide. As such, in order to prevent heart failure and …

The success of a primary percutaneous intervention (PCI) in the setting of ST elevation
myocardial infarction depends on the functional and structural integrity of coronary …

Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) remains the leading cause of death and disability in Europe
and worldwide. A major cause of morbidity and mortality in IHD patients is an acute ST …