Determination of angiographic (TIMI grade) blood flow by intracoronary Doppler flow velocity during acute myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1545-1552

  Kern, Morton J ^a,b   Moore, Joseph A ^a   Aguirre, Frank V ^a   Bach, Richard G ^a   Caracciolo, Eugene A ^a   Wolford, Thomas ^a   Khoury, Alexander F ^a   Mechem, Carol ^a   Donohue, Thomas J ^a  

^a St Louis (Mo) University   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

angioplasty; hemodynamics; myocardial infarction; regional blood flow; reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0029778750     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.7.1545     Document Type: Article

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