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Collagen Scar Formation After Acute Myocardial Infarction

DOI

120

Citations

42

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1997

Year

Paavo Uusimaa, Juha Risteli, Matti Niemelä, Jarmo Lumme, Markku J. Ikäheimo, A. J. Jounela, Keijo Peuhkurinen
Circulation

Abstract

Collagen scar formation after AMI can be quantified by measurement of serum PIIINP concentrations. Scar formation is more prominent in large infarctions causing left ventricular dysfunction and in patients with occluded IRAs.

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