Full or pressure limited reperfusion of an acute myocardial infarct results in a different wall thickness and deformation of the distal myocardium - Implications for clinical reperfusion strategies

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 458-465

  Streb, Witold ^a   Marciniak, MacIej ^a   Claus, Piet ^a   Marciniak, Anna ^a   McLaughlin, Myles ^a   D'Hooge, Jan ^a   Rademakers, Frank E ^a   Bijnens, Bart ^a   Sutherland, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary angioplasty (PCI); Reperfusion injury; Reperfusion oedema; Strain strain rate imaging; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; COPPER;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; DIASTOLE; EDEMA; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE TENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; SWINE; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; HEART; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; MYOCARDIUM; SWINE;

EID: 45849142481     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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