Prognostic implications of TIMI flow grade in the infarct related artery compared with continuous 12-lead st-segment resolution analysis. Reexamining the ″Gold Standard″ for myocardial reperfusion assessment

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 666-672

  Shah, Akbar ^a   Wagner, Galen S ^a   Granger, Christopher B ^a   O'Connor, Christopher M ^a   Green, Cynthia L ^a   Trollinger, Kathleen M ^a   Califf, Robert M ^a   Krucoff, Mitchell W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034163003     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00601-4     Document Type: Article

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