The Effect of Stent Post-dilation in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 787-788

  Zhang, Zhi Jiang ^a,e   Marroquin, Oscar C ^b,c   Stone, Roslyn A ^b   Weissfeld, Joel L ^b   Mulukutla, Suresh R ^c   Selzer, Faith ^b   Kip, Kevin E ^d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT; THROMBUS ASPIRATION;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; STENTS;

EID: 84884354704     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.11.012     Document Type: Letter

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