Correlation between infarct-related coronary artery patency and predischarge electrocardiographic patterns in patients with first anterior myocardial infarction who received thrombolytic therapy

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-67

  Atak, Ramazan ^a,c   Ileri, Mehmet ^a   Senen, Kubilay ^a   Turhan, Hasan ^a   Erbay, Ali Raza ^a   Basar, Nurcan ^a   Yetkin, Ertan ^b   Demirkan, Deniz ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary blood flow; Corrected TIMI frame count; Electrocardiography

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T WAVE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 1842863475     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-003-0740-x     Document Type: Article

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