Multidetector row computed tomography can identify and characterize the occlusive culprit lesions in patients early (within 24 hours) after acute myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 914-922

  Huang, Wei Chun ^a,b   Chiou, Kuan Rau ^a,b   Liu, Chun Peng ^a,b   Lin, Shih Kai ^a   Huang, Yi Luan ^c   Mar, Guang Yuan ^a   Lin, Shoa Lin ^a,b   Wu, Ming Ting ^b,c  

^a Cardiovascular Medical Center   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; THORAX PAIN;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35448974979     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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