Prognosis of Myocardial Infarction With Left Ventricular Dysfunction in the Coronary Revascularization Era

Impact of left ventricular ejection fraction and medication adherence on major adverse cardiac events during the first year after successful primary percutaneous coronary interventions

“…, Kuga et al . ). Especially, hs‐CRP is known as an acute‐phase inflammatory response biomarker for the risk of restenosis after PCI (Yousuf et al .…”

“…), as well as biological risk factors such as decreased left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), elevated serum high‐sensitivity C‐reactive protein (hs‐CRP) levels and angiographic severity (Kuga et al . , Takata et al . ) have been considered predictors of cardiac mortality in patients with CAD.…”

“…, Kuga et al . , Chen et al . ), there are few studies on the impact of these factors on the occurrence of long‐term MACE in PCI patients.…”

Right Ventricular Wall Dissection With Ventricular Septal Rupture Following Myocardial Infarction Visualized on 3-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiography

“…4 RV wall dissection with ventricular septal rupture is an extremely rare complication after inferior MI, and most cases have been diagnosed in postmortem studies. [5][6][7][8][9] Transesophageal echocardiography or enhanced computed tomography is an essential adjunct to transthoracic echocardiography for diagnosis. The optimal surgical strategy remains unclear.…”

Prophylactic Implantation of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator for Japanese Patients With Heart Failure

“…7-10 Accordingly, the prophylactic use of ICD seems to be less effective than in Western countries. 9 …”