Spontaneous dissections of all three coronary arteries in a 33-week-pregnant woman

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-210

  Rensing, Benno J ^a   Kofflard, Marcel ^b   Van Den Brand, Marcel J B M ^a   Foley, David P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Intravascular ultrasound; Pregnancy; Spontaneous coronary dissections

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DOBUTAMINE; HEPARIN; NITRATE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CESAREAN SECTION; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0032852504     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199910)48:2<207::AID-CCD19>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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