Bridge over Troubling Spasm: Is the Association of Myocardial Bridging and Coronary Artery Spasm a Distinct Entity? Three Case Reports

Angiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-220

  Low, Adrian F ^a,b   Chia, Boon Lock ^a,b   Ng, Wai Lin ^a,b   Lim, Yean Teng ^a,b  

^a National University Hospital ^*

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYNDROME;

EID: 1542410197     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970405500216     Document Type: Article

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