Usefulness of tissue doppler parameters to identify single-vessel circumflex lesion from non ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Acta Cardiologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Lin, Shih Kai ^a   Hsiao, Shih Hung ^a,b   Chiou, Kuan Rau ^a,b   Huang, Wei Chun ^a,b   Huang, Hung Ru ^a   Kuo, Feng You ^a   Lee, Tao Yu ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Circumflex culprit; In hospital mortality; Myocardial performance index; Non ST elevation myocardial infarction; Tissue doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEFT CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

EID: 79956319281     PISSN: 10116842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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