Electrocardiographic evolutionary changes and left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction11The Investigators and Institutions participating in the GISSI-3 Echo Substudy are listed in the Appendix.

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[29]  L. Badano,et al.  Reproducibility of wall motion score and its correlation with left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with acute myocardial infarction. , 1996, The American journal of cardiology.

[30]  Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Soprawivenza nell'Inf Miocardico..  GISSI-3: effects of lisiriopril and transdermal glyceryl trinitrate singly and together on 6-week mortality and ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction , 1994, The Lancet.

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