Relationship between location and size of myocardial infarction and their reciprocal influences on post-infarction left ventricular remodelling

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Pier Giorgio Masci · Regione Toscana

J. Ganame · KU Leuven

Marco Francone · Sapienza University of Rome

Walter Desmet · KU Leuven

Valentina Lorenzoni · Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica

Ilaria Iacucci · Sapienza University of Rome

Andrea Barison ·

Abstract

Anterior MI patients experience more pronounced post-infarction LV remodelling and dysfunction than non-anterior MI patients due to a greater magnitude of irreversible ischaemic LV damage without any independent contribution of MI location.

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Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

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Published in: European Heart Journal

Volume 32, Issue 13, pp. 1640-1648

DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr064

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Relationship between location and size of myocardial infarction and their reciprocal influences on post-infarction left ventricular remodelling

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