Intra-Coronary Administration of Tacrolimus Prior to First-Balloon Inflation Attenuates Infarct Size and Improves Left Ventricular Function in Patients with ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (COAT-STEMI) Undergoing Primary Coronary Interven

Pei-Hsun Sung¹, Yung-Lung Chen¹, Huang-Chung Chen¹, Cheng-Hsu Yang⁴, Chieh-Jen Chen¹, Shu-Kai Hsueh¹, Chi-Ling Hang⁷, Chia-Te Kung², Chu-Feng Liu², Meng-Wei Chang², Jun-Ted Chong³, Ye-Hsu Lu⁴, Wei-Chun Huang⁵, Tsung-Pin Huang⁶, Chiung-Jen Wu¹ and Hon-Kan Yip^1,7

¹Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, E-mail: han.gung@msa.hinet.net

²Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, E-mail: han.gung@msa.hinet.net

³Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Pingtung Christian Hospital, Taiwan, E-mail: han.gung@msa.hinet.net

⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-ho Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, E-mail: han.gung@msa.hinet.net

⁵Department of Cardiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, E-mail: han.gung@msa.hinet.net

⁶Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Hospital, Liouying, Taiwan, E-mail: han.gung@msa.hinet.net

⁷Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, E-mail: han.gung@msa.hinet.net