THE ROLE OF BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS AND PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES IN PREDICTING COMPOSITE ONE-YEAR ENDPOINT IN ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.

Objective: Aim of our study was to determine the role of the clinical and biochemical markers in predicting the outcomes at one year in patients with STEMI who have undergone primary PCI.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: The study included 165 patients admitted with STEMI within 12 hours of the onset of symptoms be¬tween January 2020 and August 2021. All patients underwent primary PCI according to the guidelines, followed by standard examination and treatment at the hospital.

Myocardial Mechanical Dispersion Predicts Adverse Cardiac Remodeling in Patients with ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Who Underwent Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate whether increased left ventricular mechanical dispersion is an early predictor for adverse cardiac remodeling in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients who had post-percutaneous coronary intervention thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow grade > 2.

Methods: A total of 119 post-percutaneous coronary intervention ST elevation myocardial infarction patients with TIMI flow grade >2 were prospectively included in the study. Left ventricular global longitudinal strain was quantified by 2-dimensional speckletracking echocardiography, and left ventricular mechanical dispersion was determined at baseline and after 1 year to assess adverse cardiac remodeling.

Subclinical emotional distress predicts 6-month clinical outcomes after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

To investigate associations between subclinical distress and 6-month clinical outcomes after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The case-control study involved 144 STEMI patients (72 STEMI having subclinical emotional disturbances were included to the case group and 72 STEMI individuals matched with age, sex and cardiovascular risk factors were enrolled to the control group). The primary end point was the combination of 6-month events including CV death, recurrent angina, newly diagnosed heart failure and re-hospitalization.

Interaction between inflammation and thrombosis in acute coronary syndrome.

Background: Inflammation and thrombosis are important in the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Cytokines [interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and interleukin-6 (IL-6)] are inflammation markers which play a major role in the development of coronary heart disease. Experimental data documented that an increase of cytokine and von Willebrand factor (vWF) levels in unstable angina (UA) and non-Q wave myocardial infarction (MI) predicts an adverse outcome.