Post-infarction microvascular integrity predicts myocardial viability and left ventricular remodeling after primary coronary angioplasty. A study performed with intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 506-513

  Colonna, Paolo ^a   Cadeddu, Christian ^a   Montisci, Roberta ^a   Ruscazio, Massimo ^a   Chen, Lijun ^a   Onnis, Enrico ^a   Meloni, Luigi ^a   Iliceto, Sabino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Echocardiography; Microcirculation; Myocardial infarction; Stunned myocardium; Ventricular remodeling

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOBUTAMINE; SHU 508;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0036759138     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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