Patterns of left ventricular dilatation with an opened artery after acute myocardial infarction: Missing links to long-term prognosis

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2294-2295

  Kern, Morton J ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Editorials; Myocardial infarction; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADAPTATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESTENOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; TIME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0037195058     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000037121.41076.4F     Document Type: Editorial

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