Myocardial contrast echocardiography in acute myocardial infarction: The importance of assessing coronary microcirculation;Ecocardiografía de contraste en el infarto agudo de miocardio: La importancia de estudiar la microcirculacíon coronaria

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-6

  Pérez David, Esther ^a   García Fernández, Miguel A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROCIRCULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 10744219812     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13056501     Document Type: Editorial

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