• Title/Summary/Keyword: non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)

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The Potential Role of Cardiac CT in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome (급성 관상동맥 증후군을 가진 환자에서 심장 CT의 역할)

  • Sang Hyun Lee;Ki Seok Choo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.83 no.1
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    • pp.28-41
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    • 2022
  • Acute coronary syndrome involves three types of coronary artery disease associated with sudden rupture of coronary artery plaque, and has a clinical presentation ranging from ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) to non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) or unstable angina. Cardiac CT can help quantify and characterize atherosclerotic plaques. According to a previous study, low-attenuation plaque, napkin ring sign, positive remodeling, spotty calcification, and increased perivascular fat attenuation are associated with plaque ruptures on cardiac CT. Therefore, coronary artery stenosis, as well as acute coronary artery syndrome, can be diagnosed using cardiac CT.

Prognostic significance of non-chest pain symptoms in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

  • Kim, Inna;Kim, Min Chul;Park, Keun Ho;Sim, Doo Sun;Hong, Young Joon;Kim, Ju Han;Jeong, Myung Ho;Cho, Jeong Gwan;Park, Jong Chun;Cho, Myeong Chan;Kim, Jong Jin;Kim, Young Jo;Ahn, Youngkeun
    • The Korean journal of internal medicine
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.1111-1118
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    • 2018
  • Background/Aims: Chest pain is an essential symptom in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). One-third of patients with ACS present atypically, which can influence their receiving timely lifesaving therapy. Methods: A total of 617 NSTEMI patients from the Korea Acute MI Registry (KAMIR) and the Korea Working Group on MI (KorMI) databases were analyzed. The study population was divided into two groups by symptoms at presentation (typical symptoms group, 128; atypical symptoms groups, 128). Results: In this study population, 23% of patients presented without chest pain. After propensity score matching, the contact-to-device time ($2,618{\pm}381minutes$ vs. $1,739{\pm}241minutes$, p = 0.050), the symptoms-to-balloon time ($3,426{\pm}389minutes$ vs. $2,366{\pm}255minutes$, p = 0.024), and the door-to-balloon time ($2,339{\pm}380minutes$ vs. $1,544{\pm}244minutes$, p = 0.002) were significantly higher in the patients with atypical symptoms than in those with typical symptoms, respectively. Atypical symptoms were an independent predictor for 1-year mortality (hazard ratio, 2.820; 95% confidence interval, 1.058 to 7.515; p = 0.038). The Kaplan-Meier estimates showed higher risk for 12-month mortality in patients with atypical symptoms (p = 0.048) and no significant difference for 12-month major adverse cardiac events (p = 0.487). Conclusions: Acute myocardial infarction patients with atypical symptoms were not rare in clinical practice and showed a high risk of delayed reperfusion therapy. After imbalance between the groups was minimized by use of propensity score matching, patients who presented atypically had a high mortality rate.