Primary percutaneous coronary intervention in an acute myocardial infarction due to the occlusion of the left main coronary artery

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 368-372

  Paraskevaidis, Stelios ^a,b   Kazinakis, Georgios ^a   Girasis, Chrysafios ^a   Kalpidis, Panagiotis ^a   Tsigaras, Sokratis ^a   Karvounis, Charalambos ^a   Parharidis, Georgios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiogenic shock; Myocardial infarction; Primary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CARVEDILOL; CLOPIDOGREL; DOPAMINE; HEPARIN; LISINOPRIL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STENT;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 38649111990     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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