Right ventricular function and its relation with TIMI frame count in the coronary slow flow phenomenon

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-51

  Yilmaz, Mustafa ^a   Arican Özlük, Fatma Özlem ^a   Peker, Tezcan ^a   Bekler, Adem ^b   Karaaǧaç, Kemal ^a  

^a Bursa Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Medicalpark Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary slow flow; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SLOW FLOW; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; ISOVOLUMETRIC RELAXATION TIME; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE INDEX; RELAXATION TIME; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION FRAME COUNT; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 84872812930     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1205-127     Document Type: Article

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