Journal article
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
Fields of Research (FoR)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
AgedAnesthetics, InhalationAnterior Wall Myocardial InfarctionCardiotonic AgentsCreatine KinaseDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMethyl EthersMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial ReperfusionPercutaneous Coronary InterventionPilot ProjectsSeverity of Illness IndexSevofluraneTreatment OutcomeTroponin T