Coronary microcirculation and peripheral endothelial function evaluation after acute ST elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Despite achieving normal epicardial coronary artery flow after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (P-PCI), a significant proportion of patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction has a poorer outcome because of microvascular coronary damage and/or dysfuncti...

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Main Author: Baptista, Sérgio Bravo Cordeiro (author)
Format: doctoralThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/21526
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/21526