Randomized Trial of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Subacute Infarct-Related Coronary Artery Occlusion to Achieve Long-Term Patency and Improve Ventricular Function
Author(s) -
Vladimír Džavík,
Christopher E. Buller,
Gervasio A. Lamas,
James M. Rankin,
G.B. John Mancini,
Warren J. Cantor,
Ronald J. Carere,
John Ross,
D. J. Atchison,
Sandra Forman,
Boban Thomas,
Paweł Buszman,
Carlos Vozzi,
Anthony Glanz,
Eric A. Cohen,
Peter Mečiar,
G. Devlin,
Alice M. Mascette,
George Sopko,
Genell L. Knatterud,
Judith S. Hochman
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.669432
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , percutaneous coronary intervention , ventricular function , randomized controlled trial , coronary artery occlusion , occlusion , myocardial infarction , percutaneous , coronary occlusion
In the present study, we sought to determine whether opening a persistently occluded infarct-related artery (IRA) by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients beyond the acute phase of myocardial infarction (MI) improves patency and indices of left ventricular (LV) size and function.
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