Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

, Volume 9, Issue 6, pp 831–832 | Cite as

Does plasma endothelin during thrombolysis depend on infarct size? A pilot study

  • Pietro Di Pasquale
  • Salvatore Paterna
  • Gaspare Parrinello
  • Vincenzo Bucca
  • Fernanda Pipitone
  • Giuseppe Tricoli
  • Giuseppe Licata
Letter To The Editor
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Key Words

endothelin-1 infarction thrombolysis 
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© Kluwer Academic Publishers 1995

Authors and Affiliations

  • Pietro Di Pasquale
    • 1
  • Salvatore Paterna
    • 2
  • Gaspare Parrinello
    • 2
  • Vincenzo Bucca
    • 1
  • Fernanda Pipitone
    • 1
  • Giuseppe Tricoli
    • 1
  • Giuseppe Licata
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of CardiologyG. F. Ingrassia HospitalPalermoItaly
  2. 2.Department of Internal MedicineUniversity of PalermoPalermoItaly

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