Treatment of medically uncontrolled coronary artery spasm in the normal coronary artery with coronary stenting

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 633-635

  Nedeljkovic, Milan A ^a   Ostojic, Miodrag ^a   Beleslin, Branko ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Coronary stenting; Ergonovine; Vasospastic angina

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE MALEATE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY STENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ERGONOVINE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECURRENCE; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0036795696     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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