Low prevalence of coronary artery spasm in patients with normal coronary angiograms and unexplained ventricular fibrillation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1070-1074

  Peters, René H J ^a   Wever, E F D ^a   Hauer, R N W ^a   Robles De Medina, E O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Death; Ergonovine testing; Fibrillation; Sudden; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ERGOMETRINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC CARDIOVERSION; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ERGONOVINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0032127009     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1998.0976     Document Type: Article

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