1. Collateral Quality Decay Several Days After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
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José P.S. Henriques, René J. van der Schaaf, Dagmar M. Ouweneel, Loes P. Hoebers, Bimmer E. Claessen, Explore investigators, Joëlle Elias, Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Ronak Delewi, Ivo M. van Dongen, and Gert van Houwelingen
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Collateral ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Percutaneous coronary intervention ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,medicine.disease ,Collateral circulation ,03 medical and health sciences ,Coronary circulation ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Coronary occlusion ,Internal medicine ,Concomitant ,Cardiology ,Medicine ,In patient ,cardiovascular diseases ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Myocardial infarction ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
In patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), presence of a chronic total coronary occlusion (CTO) is associated with a worse prognosis. The presence of well-developed collateral vessels towards a concomitant CTO has been associated with improved outcomes [(1)][1]. In the
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- 2018
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