Assessing myocardial perfusion after myocardial infarction

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 316-320

  Ashrafian, Houman ^a   Dwivedi, Girish ^a   Senior, Roxy ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIAMORPHINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE; STATIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33645357814     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030131     Document Type: Review

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