Assessing myocardial perfusion with the transthoracic Doppler technique in patients with reperfused anterior myocardial infarction: Comparison with angiographic, enzymatic and electrocardiographic indices

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1526-1533

  Iwakura, Katsuomi ^a   Ito, Hiroshi ^a   Kawano, Shigeo ^a   Okamura, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Koji ^a   Nishida, Yuya ^a   Maekawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Fujii, Kenshi ^a  

^a Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary microcirculation; Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CREATINE KINASE MB; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT; SYSTOLE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CREATINE KINASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION;

EID: 4444363054     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.06.029     Document Type: Article

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