Acute inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty using only a Pronto aspiration catheter

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Avramides, Dimitrios ^a   Raisakis, Konstantinos ^a   Matsakas, Evangelos ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TIROFIBAN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASPIRATION CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; THROMBUS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46349094803     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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