Left ventricular free wall rupture as the presenting manifestation of acute myocardial infarction in diabetic patients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 681-682

  Zahger, Doron ^a   Milgalter, Eli ^a   Pollak, Arthur ^a   Hasin, Yonathan ^a   Merin, Gideon ^a   Beeri, Ronen ^a   Gotsman, Mervyn S ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RUPTURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0030587219     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00396-7     Document Type: Article

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