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Kari Saunamäki
Researcher at University of Copenhagen
Publications - 94
Citations - 5597
Kari Saunamäki is an academic researcher from University of Copenhagen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myocardial infarction & Percutaneous coronary intervention. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 94 publications receiving 4918 citations. Previous affiliations of Kari Saunamäki include Rigshospitalet.
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Complete revascularisation versus treatment of the culprit lesion only in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease (DANAMI-3—PRIMULTI): an open-label, randomised controlled trial
Thomas Engstrøm,Henning Kelbæk,Steffen Helqvist,Dan Eik Høfsten,Lene Kløvgaard,Lene Holmvang,Erik Jørgensen,Frants Pedersen,Kari Saunamäki,Peter Clemmensen,Ole De Backer,Jan Ravkilde,Hans-Henrik Tilsted,Anton Boel Villadsen,Jens Aarøe,Svend Eggert Jensen,Bent Raungaard,Lars Køber +17 more
TL;DR: In patients with STEMI and multivessel disease, complete revascularisation guided by FFR measurements significantly reduces the risk of future events compared with no further invasive intervention after primary PCI, driven by significantly fewer repeat revascularisations.
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Exenatide reduces reperfusion injury in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Jacob Lønborg,Niels Vejlstrup,Henning Kelbæk,Hans Erik Bøtker,Won Yong Kim,Anders Bruun Mathiasen,Erik Jørgensen,Steffen Helqvist,Kari Saunamäki,Peter Clemmensen,Lene Holmvang,Leif Thuesen,Lars Romer Krusell,Jan Skov Jensen,Lars Køber,Marek Treiman,Jens J. Holst,Thomas Engstrøm +17 more
TL;DR: In patients with STEMI undergoing pPCI, administration of exenatide at the time of reperfusion increases myocardial salvage, and no difference was observed in left ventricular function or 30-day clinical events.
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Short- and long-term cause of death in patients treated with primary PCI for STEMI.
Frants Pedersen,Vitalij Butrymovich,Henning Kelbæk,Kristian Wachtell,Steffen Helqvist,Jens Kastrup,Lene Holmvang,Peter Clemmensen,Thomas Engstrøm,Peer Grande,Kari Saunamäki,Erik Jørgensen +11 more
TL;DR: Patients who survive the first month after an STEMI treated with primary PCI have an excellent prognosis, with a <1.5% annual risk of successive cardiac death.
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Danish Multicenter Randomized Study of Invasive Versus Conservative Treatment in Patients With Inducible Ischemia After Thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction (DANAMI)
Jan Madsen,Peer Grande,Kari Saunamäki,Per Thayssen,Eli Kassis,Ulrik H. Eriksen,Klaus Rasmussen,Stig Haunsø,Torsten Toftegaard Nielsen,Torben Haghfelt,Per Fritz-Hansen,Erik Hjelms,Peter K. Paulsen,Poul Alstrup,Henrik Arendrup,Uffe Niebuhr-Jørgensen,Lars Ib Andersen +16 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that patients with inducible ischemia before discharge who have received treatment with thrombolytic drugs for their first acute myocardial infarction should be referred to coronary arteriography and revascularized accordingly.
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Cardioprotective Effects of Ischemic Postconditioning in Patients Treated With Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Evaluated by Magnetic Resonance
Jacob Lønborg,Henning Kelbæk,Niels Vejlstrup,Erik Jørgensen,Steffen Helqvist,Kari Saunamäki,Peter Clemmensen,Lene Holmvang,Marek Treiman,Jan Skov Jensen,Thomas Engstrøm +10 more
TL;DR: Mechanical postconditioning reduces infarct size in patients with ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction treated with PPCI, and seems to be independent of the size of myocardium at risk.