Survival in infarct related intramyocardial dissection: Importance of early echocardiography and prompt surgery

Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-408

  Tighe, Dennis A ^a,c   Paul, James J ^b   Maniet, A R ^b   Flack III, Joseph E ^a   Mannion, John D ^b   Rifkin, Robert D ^a   Raichlen, Joel S ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Intramyocardial dissection; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030809282     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1997.tb00742.x     Document Type: Article

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