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Sevoflurane in acute myocardial infarction: A pilot randomized study

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Experimental evidence suggests that the inhalational anesthetic sevoflurane has a cardioprotective effect. Our objective was to determine if sedation with sevoflurane will reduce infarct size in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) who are treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS: We randomized 50 patients presenting with a first acute ST-elevation MI treated by primary PCI within 6 hours from …

Authors

Lavi S; Bainbridge D; D'Alfonso S; Diamantouros P; Syed J; Jablonsky G; Lavi R

Journal

American Heart Journal, Vol. 168, No. 5, pp. 776–783

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

November 2014

DOI

10.1016/j.ahj.2014.07.009

ISSN

0002-8703