Prevention and treatment of coronary distal embolization in the setting of acute myocardial infarction: pharmacologic approach

Distal embolization (DE) of atherothrombotic debris into the coronary microcirculation occurs both in stable and unstable coronary syndromes. Despite the well recognized clinical significance of periprocedural myocardial infarction (MI) in stable percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the impact...

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Published in:	Current vascular pharmacology Vol. 10; no. 4; p. 463
Main Authors:	De Caterina, Alberto R, Porto, Italo, Luigi De Maria, Giovanni, Banning, Adrian P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United Arab Emirates 01-07-2012
Subjects:	Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use Arrhythmias, Cardiac - drug therapy Arrhythmias, Cardiac - immunology Arrhythmias, Cardiac - physiopathology Coronary Vessels - physiopathology Embolism - drug therapy Embolism - etiology Embolism - immunology Embolism - prevention & control Humans Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - therapeutic use Microvessels - physiopathology Myocardial Infarction - drug therapy Myocardial Infarction - immunology Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - therapeutic use Vasodilator Agents - therapeutic use
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