Spontaneous reperfusion in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Comparison of angiographic and electrocardiographic assessments

American Heart Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 248-255

  Bainey, Kevin R ^a   Fu, Yuling ^a   Wagner, Galen S ^b   Goodman, Shaun G ^c   Ross, Allan ^d   Granger, Christopher B ^b   Van de Werf, Frans ^e   Armstrong, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d University Hospital Gasthuisberg ^*

^e Gasthuisberg University Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 47749141819     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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