Acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary artery dissection following blunt chest trauma

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 736-739

  Yoon, Se Jung ^a   Kwon, Hyuck Moon ^a   Kim, Dongsoo ^a   Hong, Bum Kee ^a   Kim, Dong Yeon ^a   Cho, Yun Hyeong ^a   Kang, Byung Seung ^a   Kim, Hyun Seung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronary artery dissection; Myocardial infarction; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; LOSARTAN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0041378223     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2003.44.4.736     Document Type: Article

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