Periprocedural myocardial injury during elective percutaneous coronary intervention: is it important and how can it be prevented?

Periprocedural myocardial injury (PMI) is common after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Periprocedural infarction (myocardial infarction type 4a) occurs after at least 10% of PCI procedures and has an impact on long-term prognosis. Measurement of biomarkers to allow assessment of PMI is an...

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Main Authors: Cuculi, F, Lim, C, Banning, A
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2010