Vasospastic angina in a 16-year-old female: Report of the youngest female patient and review of the literature

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 467-469

  Kobayashi, Kengo ^a   Kouzuma, Ryouji ^a   Tsutsui, Masato ^a   Okazaki, Masahiro ^a   Tasaki, Hiromi ^a   Nakashima, Yasuhide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Family history; Vasospastic angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; OVISTOT;

ADOLESCENT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PROVOCATION TEST; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038333626     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.467     Document Type: Article

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