Red versus white thrombi in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Clinical and angiographic outcomes

American Heart Journal

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 553-560

  Quadros, Alexandre S ^a   Cambruzzi, Eduardo ^a   Sebben, Juliana ^a   David, Renato B ^a   Abelin, Anibal ^a   Welter, Dulce ^a   Sarmento Leite, Rogério ^a   Mehta, Rajendra H ^b   Gottschall, Carlos A ^a   Lopes, Renato D ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGIA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Brazilian Clinical Research Institute   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBUS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FIBRIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PIGMENTATION; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 84867537729     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.07.022     Document Type: Article

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