Affiliation:
1. Cardiology Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
Despite timely coronary reperfusion, about 7% of patients with acute myocardial infarction die during hospitalization and around 23% survivors develop heart failure within one year. Reperfusion injury is largely responsible for the final infarct size. Although, there is some progress in myocardial revascularization, prevention and treatment of the reperfusion injury in myocardial infarction patients is not successful enough in clinical practice. Hypothermia can reduce reperfusion injury and improve survival and reduce the number of complications in patients with myocardial infarction.
Publisher
Cardiology Research Institute
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,Medicine (miscellaneous),Internal Medicine