Stent placement for recurrent vasospastic angina resistant to medical treatment

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 440-443

  Nakamura, Tomoki ^a,c   Furukawa, Keizou ^b   Uchiyama, Hitoji ^a   Seo, Yasumasa ^a   Okuda, Seisuke ^a   Ebizawa, Tetsuya ^b  

^a Kumihama Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Kyoto Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kumihama Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary occlusion; Coronary stents; Coronary vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DILTIAZEM; HEPARIN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NICORANDIL; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRAPIDIL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0031466380     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199712)42:4<440::AID-CCD25>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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