Coronary thrombosis, coronary spasm and coronary atherosclerosis and speculation on the link between unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 1987, Pages 1187-1190

  Feldman, Robert L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; EDITORIAL; ETIOLOGY; HEART; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0023251569     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(87)90873-3     Document Type: Editorial

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