Myocardial salvage for ST-elevation myocardial infarction with terminal QRS distortion and restoration of brisk epicardial coronary flow

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-102

  Nakamura, Nobuo ^a   Gohda, Masahiro ^b   Satani, Osamu ^b   Tomobuchi, Yoshiaki ^b   Ueno, Yuji ^b   Tanimoto, Takashi ^a   Kitabata, Hironori ^a   Takarada, Shigeho ^a   Kubo, Takashi ^a   Mizukoshi, Masato ^a   Hirata, Kumiko ^a   Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Imanishi, Toshio ^a   Akasaka, Takashi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Seiyu Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Myocardial salvage; Primary percutaneous coronary intervention; Terminal QRS distortion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; ODDS RATIO; PERICARDIUM; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64249112097     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-008-1092-3     Document Type: Article

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