A protective role of early collateral blood flow in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

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Conflict persists regarding whether the presence of early collateral blood flow to the infarct-related artery has an effective role in reducing infarct size and improving myocardial salvage in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We sought to investigate the impact of the collateral circulation on myocardial salvage and infarct size in STEMI patients.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Am. Heart J.

Title: American heart journal

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1097-6744

ISSN (Print): 0002-8703

Publication date (Electronic): Jan 2016

Volume: 171

Issue: 1

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[1 ] Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

[2 ] Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: jhchoimd@gmail.com.

[3 ] Division of Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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Publisher Item ID: S0002-8703(15)00635-3

DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.10.016

PubMed ID: 26699601

SO-VID: 38f3c5b4-f83a-4919-9b71-3e4e90a29069

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