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Acute Myocardial Infarction in Rats
Published on: February 16, 2011
Acute reperfusion therapy in acute myocardial infarction
Chris A Ghaemmaghami1, David R Burt
1Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, 22908-0699, USA. cg3n@virginia.edu
Abstract:
The ECG classification of acute myocardial infarctions has had a profound influence on the treatment of patients with AMI. Deciding whether a patient has ST-segment elevations or a new left bundle branch block or neither of these findings on ECG launches the treating physician down two different treatment pathways: patients with ST-elevation MI need to be assessed for immediate re-perfusion therapy, whereas patients with non-ST-elevation MI are best treated with aggressive medical management without acute reperfusion.
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