Why the study?
Does a rapid rise in plasma myoglobin accurately predict successful coronary reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Population
42 patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing coronary arteriography in conjunction with attempted…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
at least 4 hours
Authors
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May support noninvasive reperfusion assessment in AMI; leaves open prospective validation before guiding therapy.
Does a rapid rise in plasma myoglobin accurately predict successful coronary reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
A rapid rise in plasma myoglobin over the initial 2 hours after attempted reperfusion provides a highly specific noninvasive index of successful reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction.
Ellis et al. (1988) studied this question.
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