Remote ischaemic conditioning before hospital admission, as a complement to angioplasty, and effect on myocardial salvage in patients with acute myocardial …

HE Bøtker, R Kharbanda, MR Schmidt, M Bøttcher… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background Remote ischaemic preconditioning attenuates cardiac injury at elective surgery
and angioplasty. We tested the hypothesis that remote ischaemic conditioning during …

Improved long-term clinical outcomes in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing remote ischaemic conditioning as an adjunct to primary …

AD Sloth, MR Schmidt, K Munk… - European heart …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Aims Remote ischaemic conditioning as an adjunct to primary percutaneous coronary
intervention in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction increases myocardial …

Remote ischemic conditioning in patients with myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty: impact on left ventricular function assessed by comprehensive …

K Munk, NH Andersen, MR Schmidt… - Circulation …, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—We have found that remote ischemic conditioning (rIC), adjunctive to primary
angioplasty, increases myocardial salvage in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial …

Ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction: clinical characteristics and contemporary outcome

SH Poulsen, M Præstholm, K Munk, P Wierup… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The objective of this paper was to study the patient characteristics and
contemporary short-and long-term outcome in patients with postinfarct ventricular septal …

EACVI appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart failure derived from European National Imaging Societies voting

M Garbi, T Edvardsen, J Bax… - European Heart …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
EACVI appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart failure derived
from European National Imaging Societies voting | European Heart Journal …

Global left ventricular longitudinal systolic strain for early risk assessment in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous intervention

K Munk, NH Andersen, CJ Terkelsen, BM Bibby… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular systolic function is a key determinant of outcome after ST-
segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The aim of this study was to study speckle …

Impact of cardiovascular risk factors and medication use on the efficacy of remote ischaemic conditioning: post hoc subgroup analysis of a randomised controlled trial

AD Sloth, MR Schmidt, K Munk, M Schmidt… - BMJ open, 2015 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Remote ischaemic conditioning (RIC) promotes cardioprotection in patients
undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) for ST-elevation myocardial …

Global longitudinal strain by speckle tracking for infarct size estimation

K Munk, NH Andersen, SS Nielsen… - European Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aims To assess the utility of speckle tracking global longitudinal systolic strain (GLS)
compared with traditional echocardiographic indices including left ventricular ejection …

Remote ischaemic conditioning and healthcare system delay in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

K Pryds, CJ Terkelsen, AD Sloth, K Munk, SS Nielsen… - Heart, 2016 - heart.bmj.com
Objective We investigated influence of remote ischaemic conditioning (RIC) on the
detrimental effect of healthcare system delay on myocardial salvage in patients with ST …

High burden of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with cirrhosis

K Kazankov, K Munk, KA Øvrehus… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Population studies report increased cardiovascular mortality in patients with
cirrhosis. Coronary artery disease may be a trait of end‐stage liver disease, but whether it is …