Myocardial reinfarction in a patient with coronary ectasia

Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-34

  Mrdović, Igor ^a   Jozić, Tanja ^a   Ašanin, Milika ^a   Peruničić, Jovan ^a   Ostojić, Miodrag ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Anticoagulant therapy; Coronary ectasia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; ISOSORBIDE; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM; METOPROLOL; MORPHINE; NIFEDIPINE; STREPTOKINASE; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE;

EID: 1842840832     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077000     Document Type: Article

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