Volumetric intravascular ultrasound evidence that distal embolization during acute infarct intervention contributes to inadequate myocardial perfusion grade

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 728-732

  Kotani, Jun Ichi ^b   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Pregowski, Jerzy ^b   Kalinczuk, Lukasz ^b   Pichard, Augusto D ^b   Satler, Lowell F ^b   Suddath, William O ^b   Waksman, Ron ^b   Weissman, Neil J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0042334917     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00840-3     Document Type: Article

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