Frequency of silent myocardial ischemia following coronary stenting.
To detect silent myocardial ischemia, 12-lead continuous electrocardiographic monitoring was performed in patients undergoing 1-vessel coronary stenting. Despite successful angiographic results, one third of the patients experienced silent myocardial ischemia during the postprocedural period.
Kathiresan
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Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA.
Jordan
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Gimelli
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Lopez-Cuellar
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Madhi
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Jang
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D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome