Angiographic assessment of microvascular perfusion-Myocardial blush in clinical practice

American Heart Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1015-1022

  Porto, Italo ^a   Hamilton Craig, Christian ^a   Brancati, Marta ^a   Burzotta, Francesco ^a   Galiuto, Leonarda ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; AMI; cardiovascular magnetic resonance; CMR; corrected TIMI frame count; cTFC; infarct related artery; IRA; MBG; MCE; myocardial blush grade; myocardial contrast echocardiography; PCI; percutaneous coronary intervention; pPCI; primary percutaneous coronary intervention; ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI; TIMI myocardial perfusion grading; TMPG

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHIC MYOCARDIAL BLUSH; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MICROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA; MICROVASCULATURE; NO REFLOW PHENOMENON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 78650149037     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.08.009     Document Type: Review

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