Myocardial infarction and coronary artery involvement in giant cell arteritis

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-18

  Freddo, Thomas ^a,c,d   Price, Michael ^a   Kase, Carlos ^b   Goldstein, Michael P ^a,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; Coronary arteries; Giant cell arteritis; Granulomatous inflammation; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; CELLS; MUSCLE; VISION;

CORONARY ARTERY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENUCLEATION; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; BIOPSY; CORONARY VESSELS; FATAL OUTCOME; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0033005323     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199901000-00024     Document Type: Article

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