Lack of Benefit of Ischemic Postconditioning After Routine Thrombus Aspiration During Reperfusion: Immediate and Midterm Results

Conclusion:
In patients with STEMI treated with MTA, PostCon offered no benefits to infarct size, LVEF, or major cardiac events.

Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics - October 7, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Luz, A., Santos, M., Magalhaes, R., Silveira, J., Cabral, S., Dias, V., Oliveira, F., Pereira, S., Leite-Moreira, A., Carvalho, H., Torres, S. Tags: Clinical Studies Source Type: research