Peak C-reactive protein concentration correlates with left ventricular thrombus formation diagnosed by contrast echocardiographic left ventricular opacification in patients with a first anterior acute myocardial infarction

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1290-1296

  Seo, Yoshihiro ^a   Maeda, Hiroshi ^b   Ishizu, Tomoko ^a   Ishimitsu, Toshiyuki ^c   Watanabe, Shigeyuki ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a   Yamaguchi, Iwao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Ibaraki Seinan Medical Center Hospital   (Japan)

^c Ibaraki Children's Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; C reactive protein; Contrast echocardiography; Intraventricular thrombus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLE SIZE; THROMBOGENESIS;

AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33749024476     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.1290     Document Type: Article

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