MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY

This study tested whether giving a single high dose of a steroid (glucocorticoid) to people having a major heart attack, before they receive standard artery-opening treatment, can reduce the amount of permanent heart muscle damage. The trial involved 530 adults with a specific ty…

This study looked at whether a brief pause during angioplasty (called postconditioning) can reduce heart muscle damage in patients having a heart attack. It included 72 adults whose heart artery was partially open when they arrived at the hospital. The goal was to see if the prot…

This study looked at 250 people who had a specific type of severe heart attack (hemorrhagic MI) to see if a new imaging measurement, called the Wall Strain Index (WSI) ratio, could predict which patients are at risk for a dangerous complication where the heart muscle tears (cardi…

This study tested new MRI methods to better detect bleeding inside the heart muscle after a heart attack. Researchers studied 14 adults who had a heart attack to see if these scans could map the bleeding more clearly than standard MRI. The goal is to help doctors identify patient…

This study looked at whether a technique called postconditioning, done during emergency heart artery opening, can reduce damage to the heart muscle and improve blood flow in 44 heart attack patients. Researchers used MRI scans to measure the area of blocked small blood vessels an…