Reduction of treatment delay in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: impact of pre-hospital diagnosis and direct referral to primary percutanous coronary interventionChristian Juhl Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology, Skejby University Hospital, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Eur Heart J 26:770-7. 2005
..The present study assessed the reduction in treatment delay achieved by pre-hospital diagnosis and referral directly to an interventional centre...
Prehospital evaluation in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary interventionChristian Juhl Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology B, Skejby University Hospital, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
J Electrocardiol 38:187-92. 2005
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Are we underestimating the full potential of early thrombolytic treatment in patients with acute myocardial infarction?C J Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology, Skejby University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Heart 89:483-4. 2003
..the beneficial effect of thrombolytic treatment at different treatment delays seems questionable, because the curve may underestimate the favourable prognostic effects of early thrombolysis in patients with acute myocardial infarction..
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention as a national reperfusion strategy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionChristian J Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Circ Cardiovasc Interv 4:570-6. 2011
..This study describes the temporal implementation of PPCI in Western Denmark, the gradual introduction of field triage for PPCI (patients rerouted from the scene of the event directly to the invasive center), and the associated outcome...
System delay and mortality among patients with STEMI treated with primary percutaneous coronary interventionChristian Juhl Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
JAMA 304:763-71. 2010
..No previous studies have focused on the association between system delay and outcome in patients with STEMI treated with primary PCI...
Prevalence and significance of accelerated idioventricular rhythm in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary interventionChristian Juhl Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Am J Cardiol 104:1641-6. 2009
..However, it is not a marker of successful reperfusion but is associated with extensive myocardial damage and delayed microvascular reperfusion...
Primary PCI as the preferred reperfusion therapy in STEMI: it is a matter of timeC J Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark
Heart 95:362-9. 2009
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Temporal course of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A in angioplasty-treated ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients and potential significance of concomitant heparin administrationChristian J Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Am J Cardiol 103:29-35. 2009
..If future studies confirm that concomitant heparin administration also increases PAPP-A levels in humans, the prognostic role of PAPP-A in patients with STEMIs needs to be reevaluated...
ST changes before and during primary percutaneous coronary intervention predict final infarct size in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarctionChristian Juhl Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
J Electrocardiol 42:64-72. 2009
..The significance of increase in ST elevation during reperfusion therapy (the ST peak phenomenon), however, is controversial...
Is there any time left for primary percutaneous coronary intervention according to the 2007 updated American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction guidelines and the D2B alliance?Christian J Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
J Am Coll Cardiol 52:1211-5. 2008
..evidence to justify that, in the PPCI setting, the clock starts ticking upon the arrival of the Emergency Medical Services but, in the setting of in-hospital fibrinolysis, it does not start until a patient's arrival at the local hospital?..
Does postsystolic motion or shortening predict recovery of myocardial function after primary percutanous coronary intervention?Christian Juhl Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 20:505-11. 2007
..The purpose of the study was to evaluate whether presence of postsystolic motion or shortening defined by Doppler tissue imaging may predict recovery of regional myocardial function in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction...
Potential significance of spontaneous and interventional ST-changes in patients transferred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention: observations from the ST-MONitoring in Acute Myocardial Infarction study (The MONAMI study)Christian Juhl Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology B, Skejby University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Eur Heart J 27:267-75. 2006
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Can risk score models help in reducing serious outcome events in patients with stable angina?Christian Juhl Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology B, Skejby University Hospital, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
BMJ 331:872. 2005
Mortality rates in patients with ST-elevation vs. non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction: observations from an unselected cohortChristian Juhl Terkelsen
Department of Cardiology, Skejby University Hospital, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Eur Heart J 26:18-26. 2005
..The aim of this historical cohort study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of different categories of AMI in an unselected cohort...
System delay and timing of intervention in acute myocardial infarction (from the Danish Acute Myocardial Infarction-2 [DANAMI-2] trial)Peter H Nielsen
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark
Am J Cardiol 108:776-81. 2011
..pPCI performed with a system delay of <2 hours is associated with lower mortality than fibrinolysis performed with a faster or similar system delay...
Global left ventricular longitudinal systolic strain for early risk assessment in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous interventionKim Munk
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 25:644-51. 2012
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Remote ischaemic conditioning before hospital admission, as a complement to angioplasty, and effect on myocardial salvage in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a randomised trialHans Erik Bøtker
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus N, Denmark
Lancet 375:727-34. 2010
..We tested the hypothesis that remote ischaemic conditioning during evolving ST-elevation myocardial infarction, and done before primary percutaneous coronary intervention, increases myocardial salvage...
Long-term outcome after drug-eluting versus bare-metal stent implantation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: 3-year follow-up of the randomized DEDICATION (Drug Elution and Distal Protection in Acute Myocardial Infarction) TrialAnne Kaltoft
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark
J Am Coll Cardiol 56:641-5. 2010
..The purpose of this study was to compare long-term clinical outcomes after implantation of drug-eluting stents (DES) and bare-metal stents (BMS) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)...
Timely and optimal treatment of patients with STEMIJens F Lassen
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Brendstrupgaardsvej, Aarhus N, DK 8200, Denmark
Nat Rev Cardiol 10:41-8. 2012
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Risk prediction in acute coronary syndrome from serial in-hospital measurements of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptideBjarne L Nørgaard
Department of Medicine and Cardiology A, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Acute Card Care 10:159-66. 2008
..Moreover, risk prediction of NT-proBNP is strengthened by combining the admission measurement with an additional value during the hospitalization...
Remote Ischemic Conditioning in Patients With Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary Angioplasty: Impact on Left Ventricular Function Assessed by Comprehensive Echocardiography and Gated Single-Photon Emission CTKim Munk
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 3:656-62. 2010
..The present substudy aimed to evaluate the short-term effects of rIC on left ventricular (LV) function...
Significance of T-wave amplitude and dynamics at the time of reperfusion in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary interventionJacob Thorsted Sørensen
Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus N, Denmark
J Electrocardiol 42:677-83. 2009
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Increased rate of stent thrombosis and target lesion revascularization after filter protection in primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: 15-month follow-up of the DEDICATION (Drug Elution and Distal ProtAnne Kaltoft
Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, Skejby, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
J Am Coll Cardiol 55:867-71. 2010
..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term effects of distal protection during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)...
Scintigraphic evaluation of routine filterwire distal protection in percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a randomized controlled trialAnne Kaltoft
Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark
J Nucl Cardiol 16:784-91. 2009
..In a prospective randomized trial, we assessed the effect of routine filterwire distal protection on scintigraphic estimated infarct size...
[Telemedicine in prehospital remote diagnosis and re-routing of a patient with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction to primary percutaneous coronary intervention]Christian Juhl Terkelsen
Kardiologisk Afdeling B, Skejby Sygehus, , DK-8200 Arhus N
Ugeskr Laeger 165:4028-9. 2003
[Telemedicine in prehospital diagnosis and examination]Christian Juhl Terkelsen
Ugeskr Laeger 169:4041. 2007
[Prehospital diagnosis and reduction of treatment delay in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction]Christian Juhl Terkelsen
Kardiologisk Afdeling B, Skejby Sygehus, DK-8200 Arhus
Ugeskr Laeger 165:4001-5. 2003
[Telemedicine for prehospital remote diagnosis in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. Experiences from the county of Aarhus]Christian Juhl Terkelsen
Kardiologisk Afdeling B, Skejby Universitetshospital, DK-8200 Arhus N
Ugeskr Laeger 165:4015-20. 2003
Value of ST-resolution analysis in the era of primary percutaneous coronary interventionChristian Juhl Terkelsen
Heart 94:13-5. 2008
Treatment delays in ST elevation myocardial infarctionChristian Juhl Terkelsen
BMJ 336:401-2. 2008
Reperfusion strategies in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: acute angioplasty may be feasible for the majority of U.S. citizensChristian Juhl Terkelsen
J Am Coll Cardiol 52:966-7; author reply 967-8. 2008
When analyses are invalidated by erroneous assumptionsChristian Juhl Terkelsen
Int J Technol Assess Health Care 21:414-5; author reply 416-20. 2005