Killer dreams

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1389-1391

  Parmar, Malvinder S ^a,c   Luque Coqui, Alejandro F ^b  

^a Timmins and District Hospital   (Canada)

^b Department of Medicine   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary artery dissection; Coronary vasospasm; Night terrors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DREAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHTMARE; SWEAT;

ADULT; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DREAMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031797106     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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