Assessment of percutaneous coronary intervention on regional and global left ventricular function in patients with chronic total occlusions
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.21, no.3, pp.275-280, 2005 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 21 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2005
- Journal Name: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.275-280
- Keywords: chronic total occlusion, percutaneous coronary intervention, ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, EJECTION FRACTION, ARTERY OCCLUSION, WALL-MOTION, ANGIOPLASTY, RESTENOSIS, REVASCULARIZATION, THALLIUM, TERM, RECANALIZATION
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The improvement of regional and global ventricular function following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with reperfusion of the artery supplying the infarct area in acute myocardial infarction is well-described. However, little is known of the potential effects of late recanalization of chronic coronary artery occlusion on left ventricular function.