Rationale and design of EXPLORE: a randomized, prospective, multicenter trial investigating the impact of recanalization of a chronic total occlusion on left ventricular function in patients after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In the setting of primary percutaneous coronary intervention, patients with a chronic total occlusion in a non-infarct related artery were recently identified as a high-risk subgroup. It is unclear whether ST-elevation myocardial inf...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-09-01
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Series: | Trials |
Online Access: | http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/11/1/89 |