Reperfusion arrhythmias: Are they only a marker of epicardial reperfusion or continuing myocardial ischemia after acute myocardial infarction?

Angiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 663-670

  Heper, Gulumser ^a,d   Korkmaz, Mehmet Emin ^b,d   Kilic, Ayhan ^c,d  

^a SSK Ihtisas Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Guven Hospital

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REPERFUSION ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; NO-REFLOW PHENOMENON; PERICARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 37849047159     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707308891     Document Type: Article

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