Relation between evolutionary ST segment and T-wave direction and electrocardiographic prediction of mycardial infarct size and left ventricular function among patients with anterior wall q-wave acute myocardial infarction who received reperfusion therapy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 927-933

  Adler, Yehuda ^a   Zafrir, Nili ^a   Ben Gal, Tuvia ^a   Lulu, Oren Ben ^a   Maynard, Charles ^b   Sclarovsky, Samuel ^a   Balicer, Ran ^a   Mager, Aviv ^a   Strasberg, Boris ^a   Solodky, Alejandro ^a   Wagner, Galen S ^c   Birnbaum, Yochai ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; REVASCULARIZATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 17344382534     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00903-0     Document Type: Article

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