Spontaneous coronary artery dissection following low-intensity blunt chest trauma: A case report and review of current treatment options

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 679-681

  Kerwin, Todd C ^a   Ruggie, Neal ^a   Klein, Lloyd W ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METOPROLOL; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAPHORESIS; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERTIGO;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036851904     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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