Can coronary flow velocity reserve determined by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography predict the recovery of regional left ventricular function in patients with acute myocardial infarction?

Heart

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-141

  Ueno, Y ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a   Kinoshita, M ^a   Fujita, T ^b   Sakamoto, T ^b   Okamura, H ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Okamura Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY RISK; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036074293     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.88.2.137     Document Type: Article

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