Prognostic significance of a clearly audible fourth heart sound detected a month after an acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 619-621

  Ishikawa, Masamichi ^a   Sakata, Konomi ^a   Maki, Akira ^a   Mizuno, Haruyoshi ^a   Ishikawa, Kyozo ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART SOUNDS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030884882     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00433-5     Document Type: Article

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