Coronary vasospasm and aborted sudden death treated with an implantable defibrillator and stenting

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 270-273

  Fiocca, Luigi ^a   Di Biasi, Maurizio ^a   Bruno, Nicola ^a   Ciuffreda, Matteo ^a   Zumbo, Francesco ^a   Mangiameli, Daniele ^a   Montenero, Annibale Sandro ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary spasm; Coronary stent; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRATE; PRAVASTATIN; VERAPAMIL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY STENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCRIPTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUDDEN DEATH; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NITROGLYCERIN; STENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036019183     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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