Distal embolization during primary angioplasty: Histopathologic features and predictability

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-108

  Limbruno, Ugo ^a   De Carlo, Marco ^b   Pistolesi, Sabina ^b   Micheli, Andrea ^b   Petronio, Anna Sonia ^b   Camacci, Tiziano ^b   Fontanini, Gabriella ^b   Balbarini, Alberto ^b   Mariani, Mario ^b   De Caterina, Raffaele ^c  

^a Livorno Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; LIPID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FIBRIN FORMATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY; BALLOON OCCLUSION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 23244435243     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.01.016     Document Type: Article

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