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Patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted to the Italian CCUs, are older than those represented in clinical trials. A high proportion of these cases has the chance to receive early reperfusion therapy. Short-term mortality is lower than expected for patients with STEMI, but higher than reported for NSTEMI.

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These results indicate that PTCA induces coronary sinus increase in F2-isoprostane formation, and they also provide direct evidence for enhanced oxidative stress in a local milieu in vivo. Thus, an increased F2-isoprostane formation could play a role in the pathogenesis of some PTCA-associated untoward events.