Thermodilution-derived temperature recovery time: a novel predictor of microvascular reperfusion and prognosis after myocardial infarction.

Background: Novel parameters that detect failed microvascular reperfusion might identify better the patients likely to benefit from adjunctive treatments during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Aims: The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that a novel invasive parameter, the thermodilution-derived temperature recovery time (TRT), would be associated with microvascular obstruction (MVO) and prognosis.

Methods: TRT was derived and validated in two independent ST-elevation myocardial infarction populations and was measured immediately post PCI.

Effectiveness of Community-Links Practitioners in Areas of High Socioeconomic Deprivation.

Purpose: To assess the effect of a primary care-based community-links practitioner (CLP) intervention on patients' quality of life and well-being.

Methods: Quasi-experimental cluster-randomized controlled trial in socioeconomically deprived areas of Glasgow, Scotland. Adult patients (aged 18 years or older) referred to CLPs in 7 intervention practices were compared with a random sample of adult patients from 8 comparison practices at baseline and 9 months.