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Reperfusion therapy in myocardial infarction patients with acute ST-segment elevation significantly reduced the frequency of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation, however, such arrhythmias still occur in 6-8% of patients, posing a threat to their lives.The aim of the study was to determine the nature of ventricular arrhythmias occurring in myocardial infarction patients with acute ST-segment elevation within the first 24 hours after primary percutaneous coronary intervention, and their prognostic value regarding the development of complications during the inpatient treatment phase. The study involved 82 individuals (mean age: 62,4±10,2 years; male: 69,23 (58,6-78,92)%, female: 30,77 (21,08-41,4)%). Within 24 hours after the infarct-related artery stenting, all patients underwent a 24-hour Holter ECG monitoring. The course of the disease was analyzed based on the presence of risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, past COVID-19, and obesity. Ventricular rhythm disturbances were represented mainly by premature contractions. They occurred significantly more frequently in patients with arterial hypertension (883,71 (96,0; 986.0); p=0,02; p=0,03; p=0,02, compared to patients with a history of COVID-19, diabetes, and obesity, respectively) and in those with past COVID-19 (711,3 (125,0; 846,5); p=0,01; p=0,04, compared to indi­viduals with diabetes and obesity, respectively). Isolated premature ventricular complexes, pairs, triplets were recorded, and in individuals with arterial hypertension and past COVID-19 “runs” of ventricular extrasystoles and episodes of nonsustained monomorphic and even polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, such as Torsades de Pointes, (under the condition of combined risk factors) were noted; predominantly in these patients during the hospital phase such сom­plications as ventricular fibrillation and asystole,with sudden cardiac arrest developed. The obtained results is an evidence of electrical myocardial instability and indicate that myocardial infarction patients with acute ST-segment elevation, in addition to myocardial revascularization, require optimization of pharmacological treatment. The use of intravenous beta-blockers as part of complex treatment prevented the occurrence of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias during the inpatient treatment phase.

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Background: The role of inflammation is an important part for the process of acute myocardial infarction. Inflammation of blood vessel walls and inflammatory response are considered as the main pathogenesis of atherothrombosis in ST elevation of myocardial infarction. Hs-CRP can measure the inflammatory response after acute myocardial infarction thereby providing prognosis for major adverse cardiovascular event. Objective: This study aims to the serum levels of Hs-CRP at admission as a predictor of a Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event (MACE), including cardiovascular mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, stent thrombosis in STEMI patient who underwent primary percutaneous intervention (PPCI) during hospitalization and 30 days after primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Methods: This study was a prospective observational cohort study. Subjects were patients with a diagnosis of onset

Background: The role of inflammation is an important part for the process of acute myocardial infarction. Inflammation of blood vessel walls and inflammatory response are considered as the main pathogenesis of atherothrombosis in ST elevation of myocardial infarction. Hs-CRP can measure the inflammatory response after acute myocardial infarction thereby providing prognosis for major adverse cardiovascular event. Objective: This study aims to the serum levels of Hs-CRP at admission as a predictor of a Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event (MACE), including cardiovascular mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, stent thrombosis in STEMI patient who underwent primary percutaneous intervention (PPCI) during hospitalization and 30 days after primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Methods: This study was a prospective observational cohort study. Subjects were patients with a diagnosis of onset <24-hour STEMI and underwent treatment at the Cardiovascular Care Unit and cardiovascular ward Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya. ELISA test is carried out to measure serum levels of Hs-CRP from peripheral blood samples taken at admission. Based on the level of hs-CRP subjects were divided into two groups, namely groups with hs-CRP <2 mg / l and hs-CRP levels ≥ 2 mg/l. Subjects were then observed during treatment and assessed the appearance of major adverse cardiovascular event. Results: The subjects of this study were 61 patients, patients with hs-CRP level ≥ 2 mg/l were higher risk of major adverse cardiovascular event with 19,158 fold (OR 19.158; p = 0.006, 95% CI) than patient with hs-CRP < 2 mg/l. HsCRP levels had a weak positive relationship with cardiovascular mortality (RR 0.274, p = 0.033, 95% CI). Patient with Hs-CRP ≥ 2 mg/l have higher risk of cardiovascular mortality 3.514 fold than Hs-CRP < 2 mg/l (Odds ratio 3.514, p = 0.252, IK 95%). Conclusion: There is weak positive correlation between hs-CRP and mortality of the patients with STEMI. The patients with hs-CRP ≥ 2 mg/l have 19 folds higher than Hs-CRP < 2 mg/l with significant statistic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study involves the evaluation and determination of patient's symptoms that appear in the first hours after the onset of acute coronary syndrome with the aim of raising the level of health culture that is the basis of the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases. The research was conducted on a group of 100 patients diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation, acute myocardial infarction without ST-segment elevation and unstable angina pectoris. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Post-infarction remodeling is a clinical problem with no curative treatment. Our objective was to search for new biomarkers of cardiac remodeling that have clinical value after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This pilot study enrolled 67 consecutive patients with de novo STEMI who underwent revascularization by primary angioplasty. Echocardiography studies of cardiac function were completed during the first 48 h post-STEMI and after 6 months of follow-up. Galectin-3 and soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE) were tested in the peripheral venous blood during the 24 h post-infarction. Cardiac remodeling was defined as changes ≥ 15% in the left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV) or > 10% in the left atrial area (LAA). An inverse association was found between galectin-3 (rs = − 0.296; p < 0.001) and sRAGE (rs = − 0.327; p < 0.001) levels and the basal left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF). However, only galectin-3 was directly associated with the increase in LVESV (rs = 0.389; p = 0.007) and LVEDV (rs = 0.314; p = 0.031) during the follow-up. sRAGE was inversely related to the change in LAA (rs = − 0.320; p = 0.032). These data are consistent with galectin-3, but not sRAGE levels, as a predictor of left ventricle remodeling (OR 1.036, 95% CI 1.002–1.071; p = 0.039). Galectin-3 and sRAGE levels that were measured during hospitalization are inversely related to basal LVEF after a STEMI. Galectin-3 levels are a predictor of adverse post-STEMI LV remodeling, whereas sRAGE levels exhibited an inverse relationship with left atrial remodeling. Key messages: Post-infarction remodeling is a clinical problem with no curative treatment. New biomarkers for remodeling after acute myocardial infarction were explored. Early post-STEMI galectin-3 and soluble RAGE are inversely related with left ventricle function. Galectin-3 levels were predictors of adverse post-STEMI left ventricle remodeling. Soluble RAGE levels were associated with left atrial remodeling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The lethality of patients with acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation (STEMI) depends on many factors. In conditions of timely transportation of the patient to the center of percutaneous coronary intervention one of these factors is the severity of the coronary bed lesion. In clinical practice, the most common method of assessing such lesions is the SYNTAX Score scale.Aim. To study the impact of the assessment by angiographic SYNTAX Score scale on in-hospital complications and lethality in patients with STEMI.Material and methods. The single-center observational retrospective study was performed. The medical data of 816 cases of treatment of patients with STEMI in the first 6 hours from the onset of symptoms were analyzed. All patients underwent reperfusion therapy (primary percutaneous coronary intervention or pharmacoinvasive strategy (FIS)) with assessment of the SYNTAX Score index prior to intervention. The main group (SYNTAX Score ≤22 points) and the comparison group (SYNTAX Score index >22 points) were comparable in terms of clinical characteristics and time delays.Results. An increase in the SYNTAX Score more than 22 points was an independent predictor of hospital complications and lethality (4.9% for SYNTAX Score ≤22 points and 21.9% – for >22 points). The group with a high SYNTAX index was older, had a higher proportion of smokers (46.8% vs 36.1%, p=0.015) and patients with myocardial infarction history (38.5% vs 20.6%, p

The aim of this study was to investigate the association of meteorological factors to the occurrence of myocardial infarction in patients with multivessel coronary atherosclerosis in the North. 337 consecutive patients (278 men and 59 women), mean age 53,7 ± 8,9 years, with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with ST-segment elevation were examined. In 188 patients (57.0 %) has been revealed multivessel coronary artery disease. It was found that the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction in patients with multivessel coronary atherosclerosis in the North directly associated with indicators of atmospheric pressure on the day of the debut of the disease. Average daily air pressure in the debut day of acute myocardial infarction is one of the factors that directly determine the occurrence of the disease in patients with multivessel coronary atherosclerosis in North (Exp (B) = 1,04, (CI 95 %: 1,01-1, 08), p = 0,012).

The life expectancy of people has increased in the last years, as a result, the prevalence of octogenarians with the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation (STEMI) has augmented. The evidence about the treatment with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in this group of patients is limited and its prescription is controversial. Many retrospective assays have studied primary PCI in octogenarians with STEMI, and conclude that successful primary PCI can result in a reduction of early and long-term mortality. Taking into account the current evidence, the decision to perform primary PCI in the elderly should not be based on chronological age alone, but rather on each patient's benefit and eligibility for revascularization, we should consider the possible complications during and after the procedure. This article reports a clinical case of a female patient of 93 years old, that presented with acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation, in which primary percutaneous intervention was performed successfully. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to investigate associations of meteorological factors with complications of hospital stage of acute myocardial infarction in Surgut city. 337 consecutive patients (278 men and 59 women), mean age 53,7 ± 8,9 years, with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with ST-segment elevation were examined. In the group of female patients with AMI the early post-infarction angina was positively correlated with the maximum atmospheric pressure in the debut day of AMI (r = 0,294, p = 0,028). Using binary logistic regression (χ²=14,7, p=0,002) we revealed that the deaths in patients with AMI positively depends on the aged (p = 0,001), minimum level of atmospheric pressure in the period from the start of AMI to the end of hospital stage (p = 0,039). It was found that the occurrence of pulmonary edema in women with AMI is directly dependent on the level of minimum atmospheric pressure in the period from the start of AMI to the end of the hospital stage (p = 0,032).

The aim of this study was to investigate characteristics of a hospital phase of acute myocardial infarction in patients with varying degrees of severity of coronary lesions on a scale SYNTAX after endovascular treatment. The severity of coronary lesions on a scale SYNTAX evaluated in 330 consecutive patients (274 men and 56 women), mean age 53.6 ± 8.9 years, with acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation. This patients were divided into three groups: a group with severe coronary disease (SYNTAX ≥ 33), with moderate (SYNTAX from 23 to 32) and low lesion (SYNTAX from 0 to 22). In patients with severe coronary disease had fewer than in patients with low values of the defeat of the Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH), Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC), and total protein, and high density lipoprotein cholesterol. In groups with SYNTAX from 23 to 32 and with SYNTAX ≥ 33 higher blood glucose levels than in the SYNTAX from 0 to 22, and the rate of urea in patients with severe coronary disease exceed the value of this parameter in patients with low and moderate coronary disease. In patients with severe coronary disease are more likely than those with low lesions observed the phenomenon of non-resumption of blood flow after stenting (no-reflow), stent thrombosis, pulmonary edema, acute aneurysm recurrence of heart attack and bleeding. Using binary logistic regression (χ2 model = 25.4, p < 0.001) we revealed that with heavy coronary lesion (SYNTAX ≥ 33) most significantly associated pleural effusion (p < 0.001), the phenomenon of non-renewal blood flow after stenting (no-reflow) (p = 0.004), and acute aneurysm (p = 0.039).