Use of the QRS scoring system in the early estimation of myocardial infarct size following reperfusion

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-322

  Tateishi, Shigeki ^a   Abe, Satoshi ^a   Yamashita, Tsuminori ^b   Okino, Hideki ^b   Lee, Souki ^b   Toda, Hitoshi ^b   Saigo, Masahiko ^a   Arima, Shinichi ^a   Atsuchi, Yoshihiko ^a   Nakao, Shoichiro ^a   Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kagoshima City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; Ejection fraction; Infarct size; QRS scoring system; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0030722283     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(97)80044-1     Document Type: Article

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