Impact on hospital mortality and morbidity of right ventricular involvement among patients with acute left ventricular infarction

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 186-191

  Pereira, Afonso Celso ^a   Franken, Roberto Alexandre ^a   Sprovieri, Sandra Regina Schwarzwälder ^a,b   Golin, Valdir ^a  

^a IRMANDADE DA SANTA CASA DE MISERICÓRDIA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heart ventricles; Hospital mortality; Morbidity; Myocardial infarction; Right ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 33750937375     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: 15163180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802006000400003     Document Type: Article

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