Prognostic importance of right ventricular infarction in an acute myocardial infarction cohort referred for contemporary percutaneous reperfusion therapy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-237

  Assali, Abid R ^a   Teplitsky, Igal ^a   Ben Dor, Itsik ^a   Solodky, Alejandro ^a   Brosh, David ^a   Battler, Alexander ^a   Fuchs, Shmuel ^a   Kornowski, Ran ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADILLAC SCORE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33846321865     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.10.038     Document Type: Article

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