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- Title
Assessing Myocardial Perfusion after Myocardial Infarction.
- Authors
Ashrafian, Houman; Dwivedi, Girish; Senior, Roxy
- Abstract
The article presents a study of myocardial perfusion assessment after myocardial infarction through a case study of acute myocardial infarction. The article begins with describing the case like symptoms of the patient at the time of admission in the emergency department, clinical diagnosis with electrocardiograph, and treatment involving various drugs. The article discusses myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCH) technique as effective modality for assessing myocardial perfusion.
- Subjects
PERFUSION; HEART disease diagnosis; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST echocardiography; HEART blood-vessels; CARDIOVASCULAR emergencies
- Publication
PLoS Medicine, 2006, Vol 3, Issue 3, pe131
- ISSN
1549-1277
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.0030131