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All the STEMI patients treated by primary PCI (with stent implantation) within the 24 hours following the first chest pain can be included in the GIANT study. After the PCI, they'll receive DAT (Aspirin + Clopidogrel/Prasugrel). Patients will then be genotyped to determine if they carry one of the

The clinical result of catheter treatment in the patients with acute myocardial infarction in these several decades improved because of progress of early reperfusion therapy and stent treatment technique. However, the no-reflow phenomenon is still remaining as a problem, which is involved in a

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute self-limited vasculitis and occurs almost exclusively in childhood. It predominantly affects medium-sized arteries, most commonly the coronary arteries. Although the use of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has obviously decreased the incidence of coronary arteries

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND: The incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in Denmark is approximately 4,000 per year, and the mortality remains approximately 90%. Furthermore, in the approximately 30% of patients who are resuscitated and admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), the

Scientific/Medical Rationale Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a large-vessel vasculitis that affects the aorta and its primary branches and may lead to arterial segmental stenosis, occlusion and/or aneurism formation. The symptoms are either non specific and reflect systemic inflammation, or related to

INTRODUCTION The effect of GH and IGF-I on the heart has been demonstrated in numerous experimental studies. GH and IGF-I receptors are expressed in cardiac myocytes, and IGF-I causes hypertrophy of cultured rat cardiomyocytes and delays cardiomyocyte apoptosis. In addition, GH and IGF-I have a