Relation of duration of ST reelevation at reperfusion and improvement of left ventricular function after successful primary angioplasty of the left anterior descending coronary artery in anterior wall acute myocardial infarction.
We conducted a prospective study to investigate the relation between ST reelevation during primary angioplasty and improvement in left ventricular function. The duration, not the occurrence, of ST reelevation at reperfusion was associated with improvement in left ventricular function in patients with anterior wall acute myocardial infarction successfully recanalized by primary angioplasty.
Ochiai
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The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Isshiki
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T
Takeshita
S
S
Oshima
A
A
Toyoizumi
H
H
Kondo
K
K
Sato
T
T
Miyashita
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H
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D002932:Cineangiography; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left