Clinical StudiesCreatine kinase-MB elevation after coronary intervention correlates with diffuse atherosclerosis, and low-to-medium level elevation has a benign clinical course: Implications for early discharge after coronary intervention
This study was presented in part at the 9th Annual Symposium of Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Washington, DC, October 1997, and the 47th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1998.
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Abbreviations
ACC/AHA
American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
CABG
coronary artery bypass grafting
CCS
Canadian Cardiovascular Society
CHF
congestive heart failure
CK-MB
creatine kinase–MB isoenzyme
ECG
electrocardiogram
IAMP
intra-aortic balloon pump
LAD
left anterior descending artery
LVEF
left ventricular ejection fraction
MI
myocardial infarction
PRCA
percutaneous rotational coronary atherectomy
PTCA
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
RCA
right coronary artery
SVG
saphenous vein graft
TIMI
thrombolysis in myocardial infarction
TLR
target lesion revascularization
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