Magnitude and consequences of missing the acute infarct-related circumflex artery

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 706-712

  Krishnaswamy, Amar ^a   Lincoff, A Michael ^a   Menon, Venu ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY OCCLUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 70350214488     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.08.024     Document Type: Review

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