The Extent of Microvascular Damage During Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Is Superior to Other Known Indexes of Post-Infarct Reperfusion in Predicting Left Ventricular Remodeling. Results of the Multicenter AMICI Study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 552-559

  Galiuto, Leonarda ^a   Garramone, Barbara ^a   Scarà, Antonio ^a   Rebuzzi, Antonio G ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a   La Torre, Giuseppe ^a   Funaro, Stefania ^b   Madonna, Mariapina ^c   Fedele, Francesco ^c   Agati, Luciano ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; CREATINE KINASE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REPERFUSION; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 38349190874     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.09.051     Document Type: Article

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