Prevention of distal embolization and no-reflow in patients with acute myocardial infarction and total occlusion in the infarct-related vessel: A subgroup analysis of the cohort of acute revascularization in myocardial infarction with excimer laser - CARMEL multicenter study

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-74

  Dahm, Johannes B ^a   Ebersole, Douglas ^b   Das, Tony ^c   Madyhoon, Hooman ^d   Vora, Kishor ^e   Baker, John ^f   Hilton, David ^g   Topaz, On ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Watson Clinic   (United States)

^c Presbyterian Heart Institute   (United States)

^d St Joseph's Medical Center Stockton   (United States)

^e Department of Cardiology   (United States)

^f Long Beach and Anaheim Hospital ^*  (United States)

^g ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Acute myocardial infarction; Distal embolization; Excimer; Laser angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; EVALUATION; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERFORATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STENOSIS; THROMBOSIS; THROMBUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN GRAFT DISEASE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 11244271453     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20239     Document Type: Article

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