Myocardial Infaction References

Selected Articles

Armstrong PW, Collen D. Fibrinolysis for acute myocardial infarction: current status and new horizons for pharmacological reperfusion, part 2. Circulation. 2001 Jun 19;103(24):2987-92.

Armstrong PW, Collen D. Fibrinolysis for acute myocardial infarction: current status and new horizons for pharmacological reperfusion, part 1. Circulation. 2001 Jun 12;103(23):2862-6.

Cairns JA, Kennedy JW, Fuster V. Coronary thrombolysis. Chest.1998 Nov;114(5 Suppl):634S-657S.

White HD, Van de Werf FJ. Thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction. Circulation. 1998 Apr 28;97(16):1632-46.

Hennekens CH, Albert CM, Godfried SL, Gaziano JM, Buring JE. Adjunctive drug therapy of acute myocardial infarction--evidence from clinical trials. N Engl J Med. 1996 Nov 28;335(22):1660-7.

Latini R, Maggioni AP, Flather M, Sleight P, Tognoni G. ACE inhibitor use in patients with myocardial infarction. Summary of evidence from clinical trials. Circulation. 1995 Nov 15;92(10):3132-7.

Patterson RE, Pilcher WC. Assessing myocardial viability to help select patients for revascularization to improve left ventricular dysfunction due to coronary artery disease. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1995 Oct;7(4):214-26.

Gott JP, Han DC. Surgical treatment of acute myocardial infarct: clinical considerations. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1995 Oct;7(4):198-207.

Brown WM 3rd, Horsley WS, Gott JP, Bufkin BL, Guyton RA. Myocardial protection for coronary artery bypass in patients with acute myocardial infarction: resuscitation of ischemic myocardium. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1995 Oct;7(4):191-7.

Morris DC. Treatment of acute myocardial infarction by invasive cardiology techniques. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1995 Oct;7(4):184-90.

Beyersdorf F. Protection of evolving myocardial infarction and failed PTCA. Ann Thorac Surg. 1995 Sep;60(3):833-8.

Pitt B. Evaluation of the postinfarct patient. Circulation. 1995 Mar 15;91(6):1855-60.

Fuster V. Lewis A. Conner Memorial Lecture. Mechanisms leading to myocardial infarction: insights from studies of vascular biology. Circulation. 1994 Oct;90(4):2126-46.

Guyton RA. Aggressive intervention in acute myocardial infarction: A surgeon's perspective. Sem Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995 7(4):174-5.

Gossage JR. Acute myocardial infarction. Reperfusion strategies. Chest 1994 106(6):1851-66.

Cohn LH. Surgical treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Cardiol 1989 76(2):167-72.


Sources for further reading

Textbook Chapters
Chapter 7: Stenotic Arteriosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease. Cardiac Surgery (Kirklin and Barratt-Boyes), 2nd ed., 285-99.

Chapter 124: Indications for Nonsurgical Coronary Revascularization and Chapter 125: Surgical Indications for Coronary Revascularization. Glenn's Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (Baue, Geha, Hammond, Laks, and Naunheim), 6th ed., 2067-80.

Chapter 4, Section 2: Pathologic Considerations in the Surgery of Adult Heart Disease: Ischemic Heart Disease . Cardiac Surgery in the Adult (Edmunds), http://www.ctsnet.org/book/edmunds/.


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