Rheolytic thrombectomy during percutaneous coronary intervention improves long-term outcome in high-risk patients with acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 292-298

  De Rosa, Salvatore ^a   Cirillo, Plinio ^a   De Luca, Giuseppe ^a   Galasso, Gennaro ^a   Esposito, Giovanni ^a   Leosco, Dario ^a   Piscione, Federico ^a   Chiariello, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; COURSE EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEOLYTIC THROMBECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RHEOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547730248     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2007.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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