To open or not to open: That remains the question

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 2177-2179

  Mathew, Verghese ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOPLASTY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY RESTENOSIS; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 9944257658     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.10.002     Document Type: Editorial

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