Increased intensity of contrast material immediately after late angioplasty of infarct-related coronary artery is associated with reduced ventricular volumes at six months

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1451-1456

  Destro, Gianni ^a   Marino, Paolo ^a   Carletti, Monica ^a   Caraffi, Giancarlo ^a   Zardini, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032535757     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00686-9     Document Type: Article

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