Successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction in von Willebrand's disease

Haemophilia

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 826-827

  James, P R ^a   De Belder, A J ^a   Kenny, M W ^a  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary angioplasty; von Willebrand's disease

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 0036862248     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2516.2002.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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