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EDITORIAL
Late opening of the infarct related artery: an open or shut case?
1 Department of Cardiology, Good Hope Hospital, Birmingham, UK
2 Department of Cardiology, The Rayne Institute, Kings College London, London, UK
3 Department of Cardiology, Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Simon Redwood
Cardiothoracic Centre, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; simon.redwood{at}gstt.nhs.uk
Is there a place for the late opening of infarct related arteries, beyond the time window for myocardial salvage?
Abbreviations: ESV, end systolic volume; IRA, infarct related artery; ISIS-II, second international study of infarct survival; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; MI, myocardial infarction; SAVE, survival and ventricular enlargement; TAMI, thrombolysis and angioplasty in myocardial infarction; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; TOMIIS, total occlusion post-myocardial infarction intervention study
Keywords: infarct related artery; myocardial infarction
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