Spontaneous acute coronary dissection after cocaine abuse in a young woman

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 297-299

  Bizzarri, Federico ^a   Mondillo, Sergio ^a   Guerrini, Francesco ^a   Barbati, Riccardo ^a   Frati, Giacomo ^a   Davoli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bypass; Cocaine; Coronary disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; CREATINE KINASE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; TIROFIBAN; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STENOSIS; T WAVE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0037445086     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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