Multiple complex coronary plaques in a patient with acute myocardial infarction

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 211-213

  Auer, Johann ^a   Punzengruber, Christian ^a   Berent, Robert ^a   Weber, Thomas ^a   Eber, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Multifocal plaque instability; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036341897     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003800200026     Document Type: Article

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