Acute myocardial infarction with simultaneous occlusions of two major coronary arteries in a young man

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-142

  Yoshitomi, Yuji ^a   Kojima, Shunichi ^a   Kuramochi, Morio ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary spasm; Simultaneous occlusion; Smoking; Young man

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; ERGOMETRINE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NICORANDIL; PROUROKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY RISK; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; SMOKING;

EID: 0031913895     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960210219     Document Type: Article

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