Matteo Matteucci, Daniele Ronco, Mariusz Kowalewski, Giulio Massimi, Michele De Bonis, Francesco Formica, Federica Jiritano, Thierry Folliguet, Nikolaos Bonaros, Sandro Sponga, Piotr Suwalski, Andrea De Martino, Theodor Fischlein, Giovanni Troise, Guglielmo Actis Dato, Filiberto Giuseppe Serraino, Shabir Hussain Shah, Roberto Scrofani, Jurij Matija Kalisnik, Andrea Colli, Claudio Francesco Russo, Marco Ranucci, Matteo Pettinari, Adam Kowalowka, Matthias Thielmann, Bart Meyns, Fareed Khouqeer, Jean-Francois Obadia, Udo Boeken, Caterina Simon, Shiho Naito, Andrea Musazzi, Roberto Lorusso
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Mechanical complications (MCs) are rare but potentially fatal sequelae of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Surgery, though challenging, is considered the treatment of choice. The authors sought to study early and long-term results of patients undergoing surgical treatment for post-AMI MCs. METHODS: Patients undergone surgical treatment for post-infarction MCs between 2001 through 2019 in 27 centers worldwide were retrieved from the database of CAUTION study...
February 7, 2024: European Heart Journal. Quality of Care & Clinical Outcomes