EMERALD, AIMI, and PROMISE: Is there still a potential for embolic protection in primary PCI?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1139-1145

  Limbruno, Ugo ^a   De Caterina, Raffaele ^b,c  

^a ASL 6   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Embolization; Myocardial infarction; Percutaneous coronary interventions; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATHEROMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BALLOON OCCLUSION; EMBOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION;

EID: 33646750319     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi755     Document Type: Review

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