Publications by authors named "Viktoria Backmann"
Impact of smoking on procedural outcomes and all-cause mortality following acute myocardial infarction: A misleading early-stage pseudoparadox with ultimately reduced survival.
Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on how smoking impacts outcomes for patients who experienced acute myocardial infarction (AMI), looking specifically at death rates over a follow-up period of about 1.14 years.
- Among 1612 AMI patients, current smokers had a higher long-term mortality rate (56% more) compared to non-smokers, while ex-smokers had similar outcomes to non-smokers.
- The findings suggest that active smoking leads to worse outcomes in terms of survival and earlier onset of heart-related issues, such as STEMI, compared to those who do not smoke.
Background And Aims: Current ESC guidelines on the management of patients after acute myocardial infarction only include the evaluation of left ventricular (LV) function by assessment of the ejection fraction in addition to clinical risk scores to estimate the patient's prognosis. We aimed to determine, whether comprehensive evaluation of cardiac function using LV and right ventricular (RV) global longitudinal strain (GLS) and left atrial (LA) reservoir strain improves the prediction of survival in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Methods: In patients with non-ST segment elevation or ST segment elevation myocardial infarction receiving echocardiography within 1 year after revascularisation, LV-GLS, RV-GLS and LA reservoir strain were quantified.
Acute coronary occlusion with vs. without ST elevation: impact on procedural outcomes and long-term all-cause mortality.
Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes
August 2024
Background: Acute total occlusion (ATO) is diagnosed in a substantial proportion of patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). We compared procedural outcomes and long-term mortality in patients with STEMI with NSTEMI with vs. without ATO.
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