Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

PHILADELPHIA — Patients with early thrombotic microangiopathy may have reduced allograft function and decreased allograft and patient survival with long-term follow-up.

Sodium thiosulfate before and after STEMI for ischemia/reperfusion injury.

WASHINGTON — Sodium thiosulfate, administered before and after reperfusion for STEMI, did not improve infarct size between 4 months and 2 years compared with placebo, a speaker reported.

PARIS — Among patients undergoing PCI for STEMI, remote ischemic conditioning did not reduce cardiac death and HF hospitalization at 12 months, researchers reported at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.