Natural evolution of spontaneous multiple coronary dissections causing acute myocardial infarction

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-70

  Bilato, Claudio ^a   Rinuncini, Massimo ^a   Roncon, Loris ^a   Zonzin, Pietro ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATINE KINASE ISOENZYME; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0038287825     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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