High index of microcirculatory resistance level after successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention can be improved by intracoronary administration of nicorandil

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 909-915

  Ito, Noritoshi ^a   Nanto, Shinsuke ^b   Doi, Yasuji ^a   Sawano, Hirotaka ^a   Masuda, Daisaku ^b   Yamashita, Shizuya ^b   Okada, Ken Ichiro ^a   Kaibe, Shoji ^a   Hayashi, Yasuyuki ^b   Kai, Tatsuro ^b   Hayashi, Toru ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI SENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Index of microcirculatory resistance; Microcirculation; Nicorandil

Indexed keywords

NICORANDIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NICORANDIL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 77951731235     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0943     Document Type: Article

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