Gunshot injury of the heart: An unusual cause of acute myocardial infarction

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 158-160

  Bali, Harinder K ^a   Vijayvergiya, Rajesh ^b   Banarjee, Sunip ^b   Kumar, Nikhil ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coronary vessels injuries; Foreign bodies diagnosis; Heart injuries diagnosis; Myocardial infarction, etiology; Wounds, gunshot complications; Wounds, penetrating diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FOREIGN BODY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FOREIGN BODIES; HEART; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; METOPROLOL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0038315363     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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