Usefulness of the index of microcirculatory resistance for invasively assessing myocardial viability immediately after primary angioplasty for anterior myocardial infarction

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2854-2860

  Lim, Hong Seok ^a   Yoon, Myeong Ho ^a   Tahk, Seung Jea ^a   Yang, Hyoung Mo ^a   Choi, Byoung Joo ^a   Choi, So Yeon ^a   Sheen, Seung Soo ^b   Hwang, Gyo Seung ^a   Kang, Soo Jin ^a   Shin, Joon Han ^a  

^a Ajou University Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; FDG PET; Index of microcirculatory resistance; Microvascular integrity; Myocardial viability

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INDEX OF MICROCIRCULATORY RESISTANCE; MALE; MYOCARDIUM VIABILITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TISSUE SURVIVAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 71549126858     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp313     Document Type: Article

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