The corrected TIMI frame count. The new gold standard?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 569-573

  French, John K ^a   Ellis, Christopher J ^b   White, Harvey D ^a,c  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Frame counts; Infarct artery; Myocardial infarction; Thrombolytic therapy; TIMI flow

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; HIRULOG; STREPTOKINASE;

CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031665223     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1998.tb02113.x     Document Type: Review

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