Delayed Recovery of Left Ventricular Function after Recanalization of a Chronic Coronary Occlusion

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-495

  Werner, Gerald S ^a   Betge, Stefan ^a   Küthe, Friedhelm ^a   Figulla, Hans R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic coronary occlusion; Coronary angioplasty; Left ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CERIVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; INSULIN; METOPROLOL; RAMIPRIL;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; OBESITY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0345275832     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10697     Document Type: Article

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