Reduction in QT dispersion with rheolytic thrombectomy in acute myocardial infarction: Evidence of electrical stability with reperfusion therapy

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 56-58

  Ali, Arshad ^a,b   Malik, Furrukh S ^a   Dinshaw, H ^a   Stephen Jenkins, J ^a   Collins, Tyrone ^a   White, Christopher J ^a   Ramee, Stephen R ^a  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Percutaneous coronary angioplasty; QT dispersion; Rheolytic thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; QT INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL; THROMBECTOMY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035152916     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-726X(200101)52:1<56::AID-CCD1014>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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