Effects of abciximab on microvascular integrity and left ventricular functional recovery in patients with acute infarction treated by primary coronary angioplasty

European Heart Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-76

  Petronio, A S ^a   Rovai, D ^b   Musumeci, G ^a   Baglini, R ^a   Nardi, C ^a   Limbruno, U ^a   Palagi, C ^a   Volterrani, D ^c   Mariani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Coronary microcirculation; Myocardial infarction; Platelet inhibitors; Primary PTCA

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; HEPARIN; IOPROMIDE; NITRATE; SHU 508; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROVASCULATURE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037234778     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-668X(02)00324-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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