Management of Concomitant Severe Thermal Injury and ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

• Main Authors: Julie Beveridge (Author), Curtis Budden (Author), Abelardo Medina (Author), Kathryne Faccenda (Author), Shawn X. Dodd (Author), Edward Tredget (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acute coronary thrombosis is a known, but rare, contributor to morbidity and mortality in patients with thermal and electrical injuries. The overall incidence of myocardial infarction among burn patients is 1%, with an in-hospital post-infarction mortality of approximately 67%, whereas the overall m...