Assessment of culprit lesions by intravascular ultrasound in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 665-669

  Liu, Jian ^a   Liu, Chuan Fen ^a   Lu, Ming Yu ^a   Ma, Yu Liang ^a   Wang, Long ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Wang, Wei Min ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Culprit lesion; Intravascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THROMBUS; ACUTE DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 67649781734     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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