Hematocrit as an indicator for coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 241-247

  Inoue, Fumitaka ^a   Hashimoto, Toshio ^a   Tabuse, Hisayuki ^b   Saito, Yoshihiko ^c  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefectural Nakakawachi Medical Center of Acute Medicine   (Japan)

^c NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood cells (hematocrit); Interventional cardiology; Myocardial infarction, treatment (acute); Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY RISK; CORONARY STENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SMOKING; THROMBOGENESIS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; STENT;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENTS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 1342311560     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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