Does 24-hour ST-segment resolution postfibrinolysis add prognostic value to a Q wave? An ASSENT 2 electrocardiographic substudy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 640-645

  Lockwood, Evan ^a   Fu, Yuling ^a   Wong, Brian ^a   Van De Werf, Frans ^c   Granger, Christopher B ^d   Armstrong, Paul W ^a   Goodman, Shaun G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; TENECTEPLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART REINFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ST SEGMENT; TIME;

EID: 0142088817     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00438-1     Document Type: Article

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