Real-time assessment of myocardial perfusion during balloon angioplasty of the left anterior descending coronary artery

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 656-659

  Main, Michael L ^a,b   Magalski, Anthony ^a   Kusnetzky, Lisa L ^a   Coen, Michael M ^a   Skolnick, David G ^a   Good, Thomas H ^a  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Cardiovascular Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY REPERFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0042836476     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00817-8     Document Type: Article

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