American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 83, Issue 4 , Pages 488-492 , 15 February 1999

Effects of revascularization after first acute myocardial infarction on the evolution of QRS complex changes (the DANAMI trial)∗

  • Frede Lyck, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Medicine B, The Heart Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Lene Holmvang, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Medicine B, The Heart Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Peer Grande, MD, DSc

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Medicine B, The Heart Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Peer Grande, MD, DSc, The Heart Center, B 2142, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Jan Kyst Madsen, MD, DSc

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Medicine B, The Heart Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Galen S Wagner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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  • Peter Clemmensen, MD, DSc

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Medicine B, The Heart Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • for the DANAMI Study Group

Received 5 June 1998 ,Revised 17 September 1998 ,Accepted 20 September 1998.

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☆ The DANAMI study was funded by the Danish Heart Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark. This substudy was supported in part by grants from the Georg Bestle and Wife Foundation and the Heineke-Frimodt Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 83, Issue 4 , Pages 488-492 , 15 February 1999

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