Acute myocardial infarction secondary to Wegener's granulomatosis;Infarto agudo de miocardio secundario a granulomatosis de Wegener

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 336-339

  Fuertes Beneitez, Javier ^a,b   García Iglesias, Francisca ^a   García De Vinuesa, Pastora Gallego ^a   García Tobaruela, Almudena ^a   Gómez Guindal, José Antonio ^a   Lavilla Uriol, Paz ^a   Aguado, Antonio Gil ^a   Sobrino Daza, José Antonio ^a   Martín Jadraque, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b Sector Literatos   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary arteritis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDNISONE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0032040638     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(98)74753-0     Document Type: Article

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