A rare indication for stenting: Persistent coronary artery spasm

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 165-168

  Kültürsay, Hakan ^a   Can, Levent ^a   Payzin, Serdar ^a   Türkoǧlu, Cüneyt ^a   Altintiǧ, Ahmet ^a   Akin, Mustafa ^a   Akilli, Azem ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary stent; Variant angina

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NITRATE; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STENT;

EID: 0029760098     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01745175     Document Type: Article

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