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Studies in the Area of Heart Attack Reported from Catholic University

Published in Drug Week, August 12th, 2011

2011 AUG 12 -- Investigators publish new data in the report "Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) deficiency in a patient with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction successfully treated by simple thrombectomy. 'We report the case of an 82-year-old Sardinian woman affected by 'favism' (i.e. intolerance to fava beans) with chest pain associated with persistent massive ST elevation in V2-V6 leads, admitted to our department after transfer from a rural hospital without catheterization facilities. On immediate transfer to the catheterization laboratory for primary percutaneous intervention (PCI), coronary angiogram showed proximal left anterior descending (LAD)...

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