Coronary angioplasty reduces free wall rupture and improves mortality and morbidity of acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 554-558

  Nishiyama, Kei ^a   Okino, Shinichi ^a   Andou, Jirou ^a   Nakagawa, Yoshihisa ^a   Kimura, Takeshi ^a   Nobuyoshi, Masakiyo ^a  

^a KOKURA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Acute MI; Primary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FREE WALL RUPTURE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPERFUSION; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RUPTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 16544375397     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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