Importance of complete revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 304-312

  Kalarus, Zbigniew ^a   Lenarczyk, Radosław ^a   Kowalczyk, Jacek ^a   Kowalski, Oskar ^a   Gasior, Mariusz ^a   Was, Tomasz ^a   Zebik, Tadeusz ^a   Krupa, Hubert ^a   Chodór, Piotr ^a   Poloński, Lech ^a   Zembala, Marian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPLETE REVASCULARIZATION; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE REVASCULARIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846231003     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.10.033     Document Type: Article

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