FREQUENCY OF PERICARDIAL FRICTION RUB (PERICARDITIS) AFTER DIRECT PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY IN Q-WAVE ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

Authors
SUGIURA T TAKEHANA K ABE Y KAMIHATA H KARAKAWA M HATADA K IWASAKA T
Citation
T. Sugiura et al., FREQUENCY OF PERICARDIAL FRICTION RUB (PERICARDITIS) AFTER DIRECT PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY IN Q-WAVE ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, The American journal of cardiology, 79(3), 1997, pp. 362
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:3<362:FOPFR(>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The clinical significance of infarct-associated pericarditis was exami ned in 201 consecutive patients with acute Q-wave myocardial infarctio n with successful direct percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. A peri cardial rub was a reliable clinical sign of extensive myocardial damag e in patients with direct angioplasty.