Rescue PTCA for a totally occluded left main coronary artery in acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock: Technical success and long-term survival

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 482-485

  La Vecchia, Luigi ^a,b   Castellani, Antonio ^a,b   Bedogni, Francesco ^a,b   Vincenzi, Mario ^a,b  

^a Ospedalc Civile S Bortolo   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cardiogenic shock; Left main occlusion; Rescue percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; REVASCULARIZATION; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0030758083     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177381     Document Type: Article

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