Essays about: "infarct size"

Found 1 essay containing the words infarct size.

  1. 1. Is high flow oxygen treatment beneficial or detrimental for normoxic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for first time ST-elevation myocardial infarction; an interim analysis of the SOCCER-study.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Läkarutbildningen

    Author : Joakim Olofsson; Martin Galeano; [2012]
    Keywords : PCI; STEMI; normoxic; oxygen; acyte myocardial infarction; MI; AMI; infarct size; troponin; WMSI; prehospital; ambulance; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Background: Routine oxygen therapy has for a long time been used as part of the standard treatment for myocardial infarction (MI), despite a lack of randomized controlled trials (RCT) to support the use. A recent Cochrane review on oxygen treatment for normoxic MI patients found no evidence supporting the use, rather the trend pointed towards possible harm for oxygen. READ MORE