Defining microvascular injury in acute myocardial infarction and response after cell therapy using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

L. Robbers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Cardiovascular disease remains to be one of the leading causes of death in Western society. In acute myocardial infarction (AMI), lack of oxygen due to an occlusion of one of the coronary arteries causes damage to the myocardium, with subsequent loss of cardiac function. With the emergence of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), early mortality rates for myocardial infarction have decreased in the last decades. However, the loss of cardiac function has led to an increase in the number of patients suffering from congestive heart failure. In order to develop new treatment strategies to mitigate the development of heart failure after myocardial infarction, it is necessary to recognize patients with extensive myocardial damage at risk for developing heart failure.

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