Prevalence and Early Left Ventricular Outcomes of Occlusive Myocardial Infarction in Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Retrospective Observational Study
Surender Himral, Jai Bharat Sharma, Shivali Sandal, Iva V Patel, Kunal Mahajan · 2026
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Surender Himral and colleagues examine, in a 2026 retrospective study, how often a completely blocked culprit artery hides inside heart attacks that lack the classic electrocardiogram pattern. Such occlusive infarctions can be missed when patients are sorted by tracing alone. The cohort came from an Indian tertiary cardiac center.
The study included 340 patients arriving within a day of chest pain who underwent angiography. A blocked or near-blocked culprit artery defined occlusion, found in 112 patients, about one third. Heart pumping fraction was lower in the occlusive group at presentation and stayed lower at three months despite improvement in both groups. Baseline features were otherwise similar, and death rates by nine to twelve months did not differ significantly. Lower pumping fraction was the strongest correlate of occlusion.
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| CREATOR | Surender Himral, Jai Bharat Sharma, Shivali Sandal, Iva V Patel, Kunal Mahajan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |