Comparative Prognostic Utility of Indexes of Microvascular Function Alone or in Combination in Patients with an Acute ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Circulation

Volumn 134, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 1833-1847

  Carrick, David ^a,c   Haig, Caroline ^b   Ahmed, Nadeem ^a,c   Carberry, Jaclyn ^a,c   Yue May, Vannesa Teng ^a,c   McEntegart, Margaret ^a,c   Petrie, Mark C ^a,c   Eteiba, Hany ^a,c   Lindsay, Mitchell ^c   Hood, Stuart ^c   Watkins, Stuart ^c   Davie, Andrew ^c   Mahrous, Ahmed ^c   Mordi, Ify ^c   Ford, Ian ^b   Radjenovic, Aleksandra ^a   Oldroyd, Keith G ^a,c   Berry, Colin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance imaging; microcirculation; myocardial infarction; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROVASCULAR OBSTRUCTION; MICROVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODDS RATIO; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; ODDS RATIO; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84994683556     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.022603     Document Type: Article

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