Objectives : We sought to evaluate the efficacy of abciximab as adjunctive therapy to routine
infarct-related artery (IRA) stenting. Background : The impact of abciximab on the efficacy of …

The benefit of thrombolysis is dependent on time to treatment, but there is lack of evidence
of this relation in patients undergoing primary percutaneous transluminal coronary …

It is unknown if collateral circulation (CC) has a beneficial effect on outcomes of patients who
undergo mechanical intervention in the first hours after onset of acute myocardial infarction (…

This randomized trial compared rheolytic thrombectomy before direct infarct artery stenting
with direct infarct artery stenting alone in 100 patients with a first acute myocardial infarction (…

Background—The relation between remodeling and left ventricular (LV) diastolic function
has not yet been fully investigated. The aim of this study was to determine whether early …

Aims To evaluate the prevalence and the characteristics of secondary trauma among patients
referred to the emergency department (ED) for a transient loss of consciousness (TLOC). …

Background In patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the rate of microvascular
embolization and no-reflow promoted by coronary stenting with the use of conventional …

OBJECTIVES We sought to assess the relative prognostic role of a restrictive left ventricular (LV)
filling pattern after a first anterior acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients treated …

Background— The impact on survival of routine use of abciximab as adjunctive treatment to
routine infarct artery stenting for acute myocardial infarction is not defined. We sought to …

Aims To evaluate the applicability and the clinical impact of the European Society of Cardiology
(ESC) Guidelines' recommendations for hospital admission of patients with syncope in a …