Prognostic usefulness of repeated echocardiographic evaluation after acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1559-1561

  Korup, Eva ^a   Køber, Lars ^b   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^b   Toft, Egon ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANDOLAPRIL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART REINFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033151601     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00148-4     Document Type: Article

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