Thrombus-aspiration: a victory in the war against no reflow

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9628, 2008, Pages 1889-1890

  Burzotta, Francesco ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART REINFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBUS ASPIRATION;

EID: 44649119936     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60808-9     Document Type: Note

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