Spontaneous intimal dissection in a patient with post-infarct angina: Identification with intravascular ultrasound and treatment with coronary stenting

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 557-564

  Iyisoy, Atila ^a   Kursaklioglu, Hurkan ^a   Kose, Sedat ^a   Ozturk, Cengiz ^a   Amasyali, Basri ^a   Demirtas, Ertan ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary stent; Intravascular ultrasound; Plaque dissection; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; RECOMBINANT PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY STENT; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENTS; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0041735086     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.44.557     Document Type: Article

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