Clinical significance of in-hospital reocclusion after mechanical reperfusion and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effects of in-hospital reocclusion of reperfused AMI culprit coronary arteries in mortality and to identify the predictors. METHODS: The present study comprises a sample of 155 patients with AMI who underwent successful mechanical reperfusion by direct coronary angioplasty...

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Main Authors: Eva Cantalejo Munhoz, Paulo Franco de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2000-11-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2000001100007