Impact of myocardial blush on left ventricular remodeling after first anterior myocardial infarction treated successfully with primary coronary intervention

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 211-215

  Hamdan, Ashraf ^a,b   Kornowski, Ran ^a,b   Lev, Eli I ^a,b   Sagie, Alexander ^a,b   Fuchs, Shmuel ^a,b   Brosh, David ^a,b   Battler, Alexander ^a,b   Assali, Abid R ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Blush; Microvascular reperfusion; Primary percutaneous coronary intervention; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

EPTIFIBATIDE;

ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BLUSH GRADE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; RISK; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 77951919806     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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