Mechanical reperfusion and long-term mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction presenting 12 to 48 hours from onset of symptoms

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 487-488

  Ndrepepa, Gjin ^a   Kastrati, Adnan ^a   Mehilli, Julinda ^a   Antoniucci, David ^b   Schömig, Albert ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; SURVIVAL; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 59649084217     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.32     Document Type: Letter

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