Comparative efficacy of primary angioplasty with stent implantation and thrombolysis in restoring basal coronary artery flow in acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction: Quantitative assessment using the corrected TIMI frame count

Angiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 161-166

  Vrachatis, Anthony D ^a,b   Alpert, Martin A ^a,b   Georgulas, Vassilios P ^a,b   Nikas, Dimitris J ^a,b   Petropoulou, Evdokia N ^a,b   Lazaros, George I ^a,b   Michelakakis, Nicholaos A ^a,b   Karavidis, Apostolos I ^a,b   Lakoumentas, John A ^a,b   Stergiou, Leonidas ^a,b   Zacharoulis, Apostolos A ^a,b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; STENTS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0035100285     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970105200301     Document Type: Article

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