Potential benefits of late reperfusion of infarcted myocardium. The open artery hypothesis.
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Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
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D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion / Q000379:methods*; D017682:Myocardial Stunning; D010477:Perfusion; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left