Clinical-echocardiographic correlation of myocardial infarction with extension to right chambers

Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-180

  Vargas Barrón, Jesús ^a   Espinola Zavaleta, Nilda ^a   Romero Cárdenas, Angel ^a   Simon Ruiz, Silvino ^a   Keirns, Candace ^a   Peña Duque, Marco ^a   Rijlaarsdam, Maria ^a   Lupi Herrera, Eulo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Enzymatic activity; Functional class; Myocardial infarction; Right chambers; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031931756     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1998.tb00595.x     Document Type: Article

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