Is no-no-reflow following PCI in AMI due to distal embolization of plaque and thrombus?

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-211

  Tobis, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HIRULOG;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBOLISM; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; NO REFLOW PHENOMENON; NOTE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RELIABILITY; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBUS;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84880594443     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.25078     Document Type: Note

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