Primary angioplasty of an anomalous right coronary artery complicated by an acute thrombotic occlusion

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 785-788

  de Luca, Leonardo ^a,c   Bovenzi, Francesco ^a   Signore, Nicola ^a   D'Agostino, Carlo ^b   de Luca, Italo ^a  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b Di Venere Hospital   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Congenital heart disease; Coronary stent; Primary; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HUMAN; MALE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MALE; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX;

EID: 16644375472     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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