Integrated analysis of myocardial blush and ST-segment elevation recovery after successful primary angioplasty: Real-time grading of microvascular reperfusion and prediction of early and late recovery of left ventricular function

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-318

  Poli, Arnaldo ^a   Fetiveau, Raffaela ^a   Vandoni, Pietro ^a   Del Rosso, Gianfranco ^a   D'Urbano, Maurizio ^a   Seveso, Giovanni ^a   Cafiero, Francesco ^a   De Servi, Stefano ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile di Legnano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Imaging; Myocardial infarction, acute; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037118675     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000022691.71708.94     Document Type: Article

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