Clinical investigations: Early prediction of 30-day mortality after Q-wave myocardial infarction by echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular function - A pilot investigation

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 191-195

  Smock, Andrew L ^a   Larson, Brad ^a   Brown, Chris ^a   Conti, C Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left ventricular function; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035291431     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960240304     Document Type: Article

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