Right ventricular involvement in acute myocardial infarction

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 430-434

  Burgess, Malcolm I ^a   Ray, Simon G ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0033145798     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.1999.60.6.1136     Document Type: Article

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