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Does late recanalization of occluded infarct-related arteries improve survival and left ventricular function in patients with myocardial infarction?
Does late recanalization of occluded infarct-related arteries improve survival and left ventricular function in patients with myocardial infarction?
This review explores the late open-artery hypothesis, suggesting that late recanalization of occluded infarct-related arteries may improve survival through mechanisms independent of early reperfusion.
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Does not support routine late recanalization post-MI; leaves open the hypothesis for prospective randomized validation.
Brueck et al. (2007) studied this question.
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