European Heart Journal
Author:
Keywords:
Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, Myocardial infarction, Left ventricular remodelling, Cardiovascular risk factors, Smoker's paradox, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, PROGNOSTIC VALUE, CMR, HEMORRHAGE, Humans, Risk Factors, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Smokers, Smoking, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, 1103 Clinical Sciences, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, 3202 Clinical sciences
Abstract:
To investigate the influence of cardiovascular risk factors (CV-RFs) on infarct severity and post-infarction left ventricular (LV) remodelling in acutely reperfused ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients studied with cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR).