Impact of Heart Rate on Myocardial Salvage in Timely Reperfused Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: New Insights from Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.

BACKGROUND:Previous studies evaluating the progression of the necrotic wave in relation to heart rate were carried out only in animal models of ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI). Aim of the study was to investigate changes of myocardial salvage in relation to different heart rates at hospita...

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Main Authors: Luca Arcari, Sara Cimino, Laura De Luca, Marco Francone, Nicola Galea, Manuela Reali, Iacopo Carbone, Carlo Iacoboni, Luciano Agati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4696663?pdf=render