TCTAP A-024 Prognostic Features Associated with Ischemic Preconditioning in Patients Presenting with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results from a Tunisian Registry

Authors :: Waild Jomaa
Sonia Hamdi
I. Chamtouri
Khaldoun Ben Hamda
Mohamed Ali Azaiez
Faouzi Maatouk
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (12):S7
Publisher :: Published by Elsevier Inc.
Abstract: When occurring before a myocardial infarction, ischemic preconditioning is associated with lesser infarct size in animals. In humans, prognostic significance of ischemic episodes preceding acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is not well understood. We sought to study prognostic features associated

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Infarct size
medicine.disease
surgical procedures, operative
Internal medicine
cardiovascular system
medicine
Cardiology
Ischemic preconditioning
In patient
Myocardial infarction
cardiovascular diseases
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business

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