Pedro A Villablanca, Gaurav Rao, David F Briceno, Marissa Lombardo, Harish Ramakrishna, Anna Bortnick, Mario GarcĂa, Mark Menegus, Daniel Sims, Mohammed Makkiya, Farouk Mookadam
OBJECTIVE: Our objective is to gain a better understanding of the efficacy and safety of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) through an analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). BACKGROUND: Several RCTs have suggested a positive outcome with the use of TH in the prevention of myocardial injury in the setting of an acute STEMI. However, there are currently no clinical trials that have conclusively shown any significant benefit...
May 2016: Heart