Recovery of global systolic function after primary angioplasty. Influence of coronary flow velocity reserve measured by transthoracic echocardiography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-322

  Florenciano Sanchez R ^a   Rubio Paton R ^a   de la Morena Valenzuela, G ^a   Antolinos, M J ^a   Cerdan M C ^a   Espinosa, M D ^a   Soria Arcos, F ^a   Saura Espin D ^a   Chávarri, M Valdés ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary flow velocity reserve; Coronary microcirculation; Doppler echocardiography; Left anterior descending artery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SYSTOLE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845215360     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.01.020     Document Type: Article

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