International variations in the ischemic burden post-acute myocardial infarction: Prognostic implications

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-254

  Dakik, Habib A ^a   Abdallah, Mouhammad ^a   Karrowni, Wassef ^a   Alam, Samir ^a   Arnaout, Samir ^a   Nasrallah, Antoine ^a   Kobeissi, Loulou ^a   Mahmarian, John ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Myocardial ischemia; Myocardial perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOKING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMORBIDITY; HEART INFARCTION; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE;

COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONALITY; LEBANON; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67649960500     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-008-9023-3     Document Type: Article

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