Lessons learned from advanced intracoronary imaging in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 868-877

  Escaned, Javier ^a   Gonzalo, Nieves ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Percutaneous coronary interventions

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOSCOPY; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND;

ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84862572673     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32834da56a     Document Type: Review

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