Clinical features and outcome of emergency percutaneous intervention of left main coronary artery occlusion in acute myocardial infarction

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1122-1124

  Tang, Hak Chiaw ^a   Wong, A ^a   Wong, P ^a   Chua, T S J ^a   Koh, T H ^a   Lim, S T ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Emergency coronary revascularisation; Intra aortic balloon counter pulsation; Left main coronary artery occlusion; Primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449116041     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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