Prevalence of late potentials after myocardial infarction treated with systemic thrombolysis or primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-11

  Bruna, Claudio ^a,b   Rossetti, Guido ^a   Vado, Antonello ^a   Racca, Emanuela ^a   Steffenino, Giuseppe ^a   Dellavalle, Antonio ^a   Ribichini, Flavio ^a   Ferrero, Valeria ^a   Menardi, Endrj ^a   Uslenghi, Eugenio ^a  

^a S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SC di Cardiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute infarction; Late potentials; PTCA; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ASPIRIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; STREPTOKINASE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 6844226206     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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