PMID- 22473026
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140508
LR  - 20130705
IS  - 1938-2723 (Electronic)
IS  - 1076-0296 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 4
DP  - 2013 Jul-Aug
TI  - Impact of altitude on predicting midterm outcome in patients with ST elevation 
      myocardial infarction.
PG  - 382-8
LID - 10.1177/1076029612440165 [doi]
AB  - This study investigated the effects of altitude on occurrence of mid-term 
      negative events among patients presenting with ST elevation myocardial infarction 
      (STEMI). This study enrolled 492 patients with STEMI. 119 of those patients were 
      living at an intermediate altitude (1960 m, Group I) and 373 were living at sea 
      level (0 m, Group II). There was no significant difference between the different 
      altitude groups in terms of the incidence of cardiac death, urgent target vessel 
      revascularization (TVR), stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) and composite 
      endpoints. However, Group I had a significantly higher reinfarction incidence 
      when compared with the Group II. Independent predictors of 6-month composite 
      endpoints were history of statin use, presentation with acute stent thrombosis, 
      peak CK-MB level, success of procedure, Killip classification, and left 
      ventricular ejection fraction. In conclusion, altitude status and 
      altitude-related hematologic changes had no influence over the mid-term outcomes 
      in STEMI patients treated with percutaneous intervention.
FAU - Isik, Turgay
AU  - Isik T
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Balikesir University, School of Medicine, Balikesir, 
      Turkey. isikturgay@yahoo.com
FAU - Tanboga, Ibrahim Halil
AU  - Tanboga IH
FAU - Ayhan, Erkan
AU  - Ayhan E
FAU - Uyarel, Huseyin
AU  - Uyarel H
FAU - Kaya, Ahmet
AU  - Kaya A
FAU - Kurt, Mustafa
AU  - Kurt M
FAU - Erdogan, Ercan
AU  - Erdogan E
FAU - Ergelen, Mehmet
AU  - Ergelen M
FAU - Cicek, Gokhan
AU  - Cicek G
FAU - Akgul, Ozgur
AU  - Akgul O
FAU - Ghannadian, Bahman
AU  - Ghannadian B
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120402
PL  - United States
TA  - Clin Appl Thromb Hemost
JT  - Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the 
      International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
JID - 9508125
SB  - IM
MH  - *Altitude
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Myocardial Infarction/*physiopathology/surgery
MH  - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Treatment Outcome
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - acute coronary syndromes
OT  - cardiology
OT  - platelet function
EDAT- 2012/04/05 06:00
MHDA- 2014/05/09 06:00
CRDT- 2012/04/05 06:00
PHST- 2012/04/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/04/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/05/09 06:00 [medline]
AID - 1076029612440165 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/1076029612440165 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2013 Jul-Aug;19(4):382-8. doi: 10.1177/1076029612440165. 
      Epub 2012 Apr 2.