Assessment of residual myocardial viability in regions with chronic electrocardiographic Q-wave infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 865-869

  Schinkel, Arend F L ^a,b   Bax, Jeroen J ^a,b   Boersma, Eric ^a,b   Elhendy, Abdou ^a,b   Vourvouri, Eleni C ^a,b   Roelandt, Jos R T C ^a,b   Poldermans, Don ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036849324     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2002.125627     Document Type: Article

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