Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 265-268 , August 2007

The Stretch–Compression Type of Coronary Artery Movement Predicts the Location of Culprit Lesions Responsible for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarctions

  • Aiden J.C. O’Loughlin, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Cardiology, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room H2103, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 650 387 1763.
    • ,
  • Karen Byth, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Westmead Millenium Institute, Westmead Hospital, Australia

Received 15 August 2006 ,Revised 19 December 2006 ,Accepted 5 February 2007.

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PII: S1443-9506(07)00127-8

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.02.085

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 265-268 , August 2007

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