Pericardial involvement in acute myocardial infarction in the post- thrombolytic era: Clinical meaning and value

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-331

  Correale, Ernesto ^a,b   Maggioni, Aldo P ^b   Romano, Salvatore ^a   Ricciardiello, Vincenzo ^a   Battista, Rossano ^a   Santoro, Eugenio ^b  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; pericarditis; site of infarction

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTICOAGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PERICARDITIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030903302     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960200405     Document Type: Review

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