Microvascular Obstruction. The Final Frontier for a Complete Myocardial Reperfusion**Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2239-2240

  Rochitte, Carlos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 44449105023     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.02.064     Document Type: Editorial

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