Protective effect of left ventricular hypertrophy in right coronary artery occlusions

Protective effect of left ventricular hypertrophy in right coronary artery occlusions

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) reduces the electrocardiographic and functional effects of right coronary artery occlusion. METHODS: We analysed 215 patients (166 males and 49 women,age of 58.9±10.6 years), with occlusion of the right coronary artery without...

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Main Authors: Marne de Freitas Gomes, Carlos Antônio Mascia Gottschall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 1999-02-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
left ventricular hypertrophy
acute myocardial infarction
ischemic cardiopathy
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X1999000200004

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