Unusual coronary artery ectasia and stenosis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 807-809

  Chu, P O Hsien ^a,b,c   Ko, Yu Shien ^a,b,c   Hsu, Tsu Shiu ^a,b   Luo, Shue Fen ^a,b   Chiang, Cheng Wen ^a,b,c,d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*

^c First Cardiovascular Division

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery ectasia; Coronary artery stenosis; Myocardial infarction; Systemic lupus erythmatosus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0031924018     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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