Greater impairment of right ventricular systolic function in patients with anterior myocardial infarction because of the extent of proximal lesions

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 396-400

  Takahashi, Tohru ^a   Sakuma, Masahito ^a   Komaki, Kohtaroh ^a   Kumasaka, Norihisa ^a   Kitamukai, Osamu ^a   Hozawa, Hidenari ^b   Yamamoto, Yoshito ^b   Sugi, Masafumi ^b   Nozaki, Eiji ^b   Tamaki, Kenji ^b   Shirato, Kunio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Right ventricular systolic function; Right ventriculography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0037995742     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.396     Document Type: Article

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