STEMI: Prognosis
- Resource Type
- Authors
- E. Cenko; B. Ricci; R. Bugiardini
- Source
- Subject
- Reinfarction
Prognosi
Bleeding
Heart failure
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
STEMI
Stroke
03 medical and health sciences
Sudden cardiac death
0302 clinical medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Mortality
Rehospitalization
Arrhythmia
Risk stratification
- Language
- English
Substantial advances in the management of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) have occurred in the last decade. A disturbing note, however, is the recognition that the rate of cardiovascular mortality after discharge is still unacceptably high. With many therapeutic options available, the clinician is challenged to identify the safest and most effective treatment for long-term survival of each individual patient. Steps in this process may include simple prognostic markers that reflect pathophysiologic mechanisms to be identified. Empiric testing and further confirmation of new or old score markers remain essential.