Fatal perioperative myocardial infarction in four patients with cardiac amyloidosis

Anesthesiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 873-875

  Kotani, Naoki ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^b   Muraoka, Masatoshi ^b   Kabara, Shizuko ^b   Okawa, Hirobumi ^b   Matsuki, Akitomo ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Cardiac arrest; Complication; Diagnosis; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034053494     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200003000-00036     Document Type: Article

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