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| ISSN |
1949-8462 (online) |
| Open Access |
This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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© The Author(s) 2026. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
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http://www.wjgnet.com |
| Category |
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems |
| Manuscript Type |
Prospective Study |
| Article Title |
Impact of total occlusion of the infarct-related coronary artery on mortality of 2483 patients with acute myocardial infarction
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Invited Manuscript |
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Nikola Kos, Ivan Zeljković, Karlo Golubic, Vjekoslav Radeljic, Marijan Erceg, Diana Delic-Brkljacic, Maja Cigrovski Berkovic and Nikola Bulj |
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| Corresponding Author |
Nikola Kos, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Centre Sestre Milosrdnice, Vinogradska 29, Zagreb 10000, Croatia. nikolakos89@gmail.com |
| Key Words |
Infarct-related artery; Coronary artery occlusion; Myocardial infarction; Short-term mortality; Statin therapy; Coronary angiography |
| Core Tip |
This large prospective study found that culprit coronary artery occlusion worsens the prognosis at 30 days, regardless of the electrocardiographic presentation. Patients with occluded arteries are younger and exhibited more severe clinical features, while those with patent arteries were older and had more chronic issues. The presence of occlusion increased the risk of short-term mortality threefold. Chronic statin use prior to the acute myocardial infarction was associated with a lower likelihood of artery occlusion. These findings suggest that angiographic assessment of culprit artery patency should be integrated into stratification of acute myocardial infarction beyond traditional ST-elevation /non-ST-segment patterns. |
| Publish Date |
2026-01-15 08:12 |
| Citation |
Kos N, Zeljković I, Golubic K, Radeljic V, Erceg M, Delic-Brkljacic D, Cigrovski Berkovic M, Bulj N. Impact of total occlusion of the infarct-related coronary artery on mortality of 2483 patients with acute myocardial infarction. World J Cardiol 2026; 18(1): 111736 |
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https://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8462/full/v18/i1/111736.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v18.i1.111736 |
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