January 1, 1995Circulation532 citations
Previous Angina Alters In-Hospital Outcome in TIMI 4
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Structured PICO
Does previous angina improve in-hospital outcome after acute myocardial infarction?
P
Population
Patients with acute myocardial infarction (TIMI 4)
I
Intervention
Previous angina
O
Outcome
In-hospital outcome
Previous angina is associated with better in-hospital outcomes following acute myocardial infarction, possibly due to ischemic preconditioning.
Abstract
Previous angina confers a beneficial effect on in-hospital outcome after acute myocardial infarction. The reasons for this benefit are uncertain, but one potential mechanism for this observation may be ischemic preconditioning.
Cite This Study
Kloner et al. (1995) studied this question.