Asynergy of the noninfarcted left ventricular inferior wall in anterior wall acute myocardial infarction secondary to isolated occlusion of the left anterior descending artery

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 828-833

  Yoshino, Hideaki ^a   Taniuchi, Masato ^a   Kachi, Eisei ^a   Shimizu, Hisashi ^a   Kajiwara, Tatsuto ^a   Ohguchi, Masahisa ^a   Okada, Michio ^a   Ishikawa, Kyozo ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; UROKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASYNERGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032054779     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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