Prolonged catheter-induced coronary artery spasm mimicking fixed stenosis

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 170-173

  Ilia, Reuben ^a,b   Cafri, Carlos ^a   Jafari, Jamal ^a   Weinstein, Jean Marc ^a   Abu Ful, Akram ^a   Battler, Alexander ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

artery; catheter induced; coronary; spasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031005171     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199706)41:2<170::AID-CCD14>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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