Is Unloading the Left Ventricle the Key to Improving Survival in Anterior Wall Acute MI?

Is Unloading the Left Ventricle the Key to Improving Survival in Anterior Wall Acute MI?

The concept of myocardial salvage has been described since the 1970s. Acute MI is survivable but its impact is time dependent because the ‘wavefront’ of tissue necrosis begins to spread from a small area of infarct after 40 minutes of coronary occlusion, plateauing at around 96 hours.1 Dr O’Neill commented on the difficulty researchers faced at the time to accurately measure infarct size...

Source: Radcliffe Cardiology - February 13, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: dbarot525787 Source Type: research