American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 4 , Pages 480-485 , 15 August 2009

Impact of Time to Reperfusion After Acute Myocardial Infarction on Myocardial Damage Assessed by Left Ventricular Longitudinal Strain

  • Matteo Bertini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Cardiology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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  • Sjoerd A. Mollema, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Victoria Delgado, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • M. Louisa Antoni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Arnold C.T. Ng, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Eduard R. Holman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Giuseppe Boriani, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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  • Martin J. Schalij, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 31-71-526-2020; fax: 31-71-526-6809

Received 5 March 2009 ,Revised 8 April 2009 ,Accepted 8 April 2009.

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PII: S0002-9149(09)00912-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.04.010

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 4 , Pages 480-485 , 15 August 2009

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