Seth A, Perry R A, Shiu M F
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham.
Br J Hosp Med. 1988 May;39(5):400-2, 404-6, 408.
The recurrence of angina soon after myocardial infarction is not uncommon and represents areas of viable myocardium at risk from infarct extension and thus a worse prognosis. A better understanding of the pathogenesis of acute ischaemic syndromes and developments in interventional cardiology in the past decade have helped us rationalize our approach to this high-risk subset and achieve maximal myocardial salvage with its short- and long-term benefits.
