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The main causes of postoperative mortality associated with percutaneous coronary interventions involving the coronary artery stent insertion are perioperative myocardial infarction and acute heart failure due to inadequate protection of the myocardium against ischemia/reperfusion. The standard therapy includes beta blockers, anticoagulants, antiplatelet drugs. Two clinical cases of successful use of intravenous levocarnitine for cardioprotection in senile patients with acute forms of coronary heart disease with multivessel lesions are reported. The postoperative period went well, smooth dynamics of biomarker levels (troponin I, creatine phosphokinase, MB fraction of creatine phosphokinase) was observed, and ischemic ECG changes were relatively small. The expected results of the technique application include reduction of intraoperative and postoperative complications of ischemia/reperfusion and the increase in effectiveness of the stent insertion clinical outcomes in high-risk patients
Translated title of the contributionIntracoronary use of levocarnitine for coronary artery stent insertion in high-risk patients
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)106-111
Number of pages6
JournalМедицина экстремальных ситуаций
Volume26
Issue number1
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StatePublished - 1 Mar 2024

    Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine(all)

    Research areas

  • acute coronary syndrome, coronary heart disease, intracoronary administration, ischemia/reperfusion, levocarnitine, myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary interventions

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