Dominant right ventricular infarction: Is angioplasty the optimal therapeutic approach?

Acta Medica Austriaca

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 129-134

  Pintaric H ^a   Nikolic Heitzler V ^a   Mihatov, Šime ^a   Vukosavic D ^a   Lukenda, J ^a   Radic B ^a   Starcevic B ^a   Zigman M ^a   Sharma, Mirella ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Dominant right ventricular infarction; Mortality; Therapeutic approach

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035553921     PISSN: 03038173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1563-2571.2001.01032.x     Document Type: Article

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