A 23-year-old patient with neurofibromatosis associated with acute myocardial infarction, vasospasm and a coronary artery ectasis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 618-623

  Fuchi, Toshikazu ^a,b   Ishimoto, Naoko ^a   Kajinami, Toshimasa ^a   Kajinami, Mitsuhiro ^a   Ohmichi, Nobuyuki ^a   Kinoshita, Masahiko ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Nisikyoto Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac sympathetic nerve; Ergometrine; I 123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG); Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0030882642     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.618     Document Type: Article

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