Spontaneous dissection of three major coronary arteries subsequent to cystic medial necrosis

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1473-1475

  Conraads, Viviane M ^a,b   Vorlat, Anne ^a   Colpaert, Cecile G ^a   Rodrigus, Inez E ^a   De Paep, Rudi J ^a   Moulijn, Adriaan C ^a   Vrints, Christiaan J ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Dienst Cardiologie Universitair Z   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary artery; Cystic medial necrosis; Dissection; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY; CYST; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0032720666     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.5.1473     Document Type: Article

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