American Heart Journal
Volume 150, Issue 4 , Pages 659-665 , October 2005

Electrocardiographic infarct size assessment after thrombolysis: Insights from the Acute Myocardial Infarction STudy ADenosine (AMISTAD) trial

  • Alejandro Barbagelata, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women Hospital, Boston, Mass
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  • Robert M. Califf, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • Jyotsna Garg, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • Yochai Birnbaum, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Tex
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  • Liliana Grinfeld, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Raymond J. Gibbons, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • Christopher B. Granger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • Shaun G. Goodman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Canadian Heart Research Centre and Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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  • Galen S. Wagner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints not available from the authors.
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  • Kenneth W. Mahaffey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • for the AMISTAD Investigators

Received 21 May 2004 ,Accepted 13 October 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.10.014

American Heart Journal
Volume 150, Issue 4 , Pages 659-665 , October 2005

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