Intramyocardial haemorrhage and prognosis after ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Why the study?
Does intramyocardial haemorrhage assessed by T2* imaging provide prognostic information in patients after STEMI?
Population
Patients after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May refine post-STEMI risk stratification; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Structured PICO
Does intramyocardial haemorrhage assessed by T2* imaging provide prognostic information in patients after STEMI?
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Population
Patients after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
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Intervention
Intramyocardial haemorrhage (IMH) assessment by T2* CMR imaging
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Outcome
Prognosis
Intramyocardial haemorrhage assessed by T2* CMR imaging provides incremental prognostic value for patients following STEMI.
Cite This Study
Reinstadler et al. (2018) studied this question.