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Does early revascularization improve long-term infarct tissue characteristics and left ventricular function in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Does early revascularization improve long-term infarct tissue characteristics and left ventricular function in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Early revascularization linked to preserved LV function but not altered infarct characteristics on CMR; leaves open causal effects on tissue remodeling in observational data.
Histopathological studies suggested that early revascularization for acute myocardial infarction (MI) limits size, transmural extent, and homogeneity of myocardial necrosis. However, the long-term effect of early revascularization on infarct tissue characteristics is greatly unknown. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging with contrast enhancement (CE) allows non-invasive examination of infarct tissue characteristics and left ventricular (LV) dimensions and function in one examination.
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