The clinical implications of no reflow demonstrated with intravenous perfluorocarbon containing microbubbles following restoration of thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) 3 flow in patients with acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1173-1177

  Porter, Thomas R ^a   Li, Shouping ^a   Oster, Rebecca ^a   Deligonul, Ubeydullah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; DEXTROSE ALBUMIN; FLUOROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0032533434     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00597-9     Document Type: Article

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