Acute myocardial infarction associated with myocardial bridging in a young adult

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1157-1161

  Kurisu, Satoshi ^a   Inoue, Ichiro ^a   Kawagoe, Takuji ^a   Ishihara, Masaharu ^a   Shimatani, Yuji ^a   Mitsuba, Naoya ^a   Hata, Takaki ^a   Nakama, Yasuharu ^a   Kisaka, Tomohiko ^a   Kijima, Yasufumi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Intravascular ultrasound; Myocardial bridging; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; DILTIAZEM; HEPARIN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RADIAL ARTERY; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 19944427184     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.1157     Document Type: Article

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