Frequency of pericardial friction rub ("pericarditis") after direct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in Q-wave acute myocardial infarction.
The clinical significance of infarct-associated pericarditis was examined in 201 consecutive patients with acute Q-wave myocardial infarction with successful direct percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. A pericardial rub was a reliable clinical sign of extensive myocardial damage in patients with direct angioplasty.
Sugiura
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Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
Takehana
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Abe
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Y
Kamihata
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H
Karakawa
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Hatada
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K
Iwasaka
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D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology