Acute myocardial infarction and myocardial bridging: A case report

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 461-465

  Baldassarre, S ^a,b   Unger, Ph ^a   Renard, M ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Service de Cardiologie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bridge or bridging; Infarction; Ischaemia; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; HEART MUSCLE BRIDGE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANISTREPLASE; ATENOLOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NIFEDIPINE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0029796759     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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