Spontaneous coronary artery dissection presenting as acute myocardial infarction

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-90

  Mahenthiran, Jothi ^a   Revankar, Rajan ^a   Koka, Vijaya ^a   Hoo, John ^a   Shenoy, Mohandas ^a  

^a State University of New York Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary artery dissection

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0034136435     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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