Slow coronary flow in patients undergoing urgent coronary angiography for ST elevation myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-108

  Ayhan, Erkan ^a   Uyarel, Huseyin ^b   Isik, Turgay ^a   Ergelen, Mehmet ^b   Cicek, Gokhan ^c   Altay, Servet ^c   Bozbay, Mehmet ^c   Eren, Mehmet ^c  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Slow coronary flow; ST elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOW CORONARY FLOW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; ADULT; AGE; ANGINA PECTORIS; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; TIME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WINTER;

EID: 84858075527     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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