Temporal repolarization inhomogeneity and reperfusion arrhythmias in patients undergoing successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Impact of admission troponin T

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 484-492

  Bonnemeier, Hendrik ^a   Wiegand, Uwe K H ^a   Giannitsis, Evangelos ^a   Schulenburg, Simone ^a   Hartmann, Franz ^a   Kurowski, Volkhard ^a   Bode, Frank ^a   Tölg, Ralph ^a   Katus, Hugo A ^a   Richardt, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RECANALIZATION; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037352899     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.174     Document Type: Article

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