Myocardial damage and left ventricular dysfunction in patients with and without persistent negative T waves after Q-wave anterior myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 510-515

  Sakata, Konomi ^a   Yoshino, Hideaki ^a   Houshaku, Hidehiko ^a   Koide, Yasushi ^a   Yotsukura, Masayuki ^a   Ishikawa, Kyozo ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; T WAVE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035282674     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01422-3     Document Type: Article

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