Left circumflex artery-related myocardial infarction: Does ST elevation matter? Results from the Euro Heart Survey PCI registry

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 5239-5242

  Bauer, Timm ^a,c   Gitt, Anselm K ^a   Hochadel, Matthias ^a   Möllmann, Helge ^b   Nef, Holger ^c   Weidinger, Franz ^d   Zahn, Ralf ^a   Hamm, Christian W ^b,c   Marco, Jean ^e   Zeymer, Uwe ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^b KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^d KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^e Centre Cardio Thoracique de Monaco   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Left circumflex artery; Non ST elevation myocardial infarction; Percutaneous coronary intervention; ST elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

LEFT CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY; NON ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887188894     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.08.024     Document Type: Article

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