Localization of culprit lesions in coronary arteries of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions: Relation to bifurcations and curvatures

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 508-515

  McDaniel, Michael C ^a   Galbraith, Erin M ^a   Jeroudi, Ahmad M ^a   Kashlan, Omar R ^a   Eshtehardi, Parham ^a   Suo, Jin ^b   Dhawan, Saurabh ^a   Voeltz, Michele ^a   Devireddy, Chandan ^a   Oshinski, John ^a,b   Harrison, David G ^a   Giddens, Don P ^b   Samady, Habib ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BIFURCATION; CORONARY ARTERY CURVATURE; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 79952441660     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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