Age may contribute to the negative cardiac effect of postconditioning on STEMI patients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-60

  Zhou, Chenghui ^a   Li, Lihuan ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Age; Cardioprotection; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Postconditioning

Indexed keywords

HEART ENZYME;

AGE; CORONARY STENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC POSTCONDITIONING; LETTER; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84870242801     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.174     Document Type: Article

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