A case of multiple spontaneous coronary artery dissections

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 318-320

  Cohen, David E ^a   Strimike, Carolyn L ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac catheterization; Spontaneous coronary dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034054842     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(200003)49:3<318::AID-CCD19>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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