Relation of coronary flow pattern to myocardial blush grade in patients with first acute myocardial infarction

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1147-1151

  Hoffmann, Rainer ^a,b   Haager, P ^b   Lepper, W ^b   Franke, A ^b   Hanrath, P ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY STENT; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0141790785     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.10.1147     Document Type: Article

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