QRS complex distortion (Grade 3 ischaemia) as a predictor of myocardial damage assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and clinical prognosis in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 194-202

  Rommel, Karl Philipp ^a   Badarnih, Hadeel ^a   Desch, Steffen ^a,b   Gutberlet, Matthias ^a   Schuler, Gerhard ^a   Thiele, Holger ^a,b   Eitel, Ingo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b University Heart Center Lübeck   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiac magnetic resonance; electrocardiogram; myocardial infarction; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRADE 3 ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STANDARDIZATION; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABCIXIMAB; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84978898015     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jev135     Document Type: Article

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