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SUBMITTER: Kim EK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4366964 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Eun Kyoung EK Hahn Joo-Yong JY Song Young Bin YB Chang Sung-A SA Chang Sung-A SA Choi Jin-Ho JH Choi Seung-Hyuk SH Lee Sang-Chol SC Choe Yeon Hyeon YH Lee Sang Hoon SH Gwon Hyeon-Cheol HC
Journal of Korean medical science 20150319 4
It is uncertain that atorvastatin pretreatment can reduce myocardial damage in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of atorvastatin pretreatment on infarct size measured by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CE-MRI) in STEMI patients. Patients undergoing primary PCI for STEMI within 12 hr after symptom onset were randomized to an atorvastatin gro ...[more]