The late open infarct-related artery hypothesis: Evidence-based medicine or not?

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 541-545

  Brueck, Martin ^a   Bandorski, Dirk ^a   Kramer, Wilfried ^a   Vogt, Paul R ^b   Heidt, Martin C ^b  

^a Hospital of Wetzlar   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic total occlusion; Myocardial infarction; Open artery hyopthesis; Patency

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY REPERFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; Q WAVE; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; VASCULAR PATENCY;

CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPERFUSION INJURY; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 36749057797     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.15     Document Type: Review

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