Acute myocardial infarction caused by simultaneous occlusion of the right coronary artery and the left anterior descending coronary artery probably due to coronary spasm: A case report

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 213-217

  Suzuki, Naoki ^a   Hiasa, Yoshikazu ^a   Miyazaki, Shinichiro ^a   Tomokane, Takeshi ^a   Ogura, Riyo ^a   Miyajima, Hitoshi ^a   Ohara, Yoshikazu ^a   Yuba, Kenichiro ^a   Takahashi, Takefumi ^a   Hosokawa, Shinobu ^a   Kishi, Koichi ^a   Ohtani, Ryuji ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary vasospasm; Myocardial infarction, pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PROVOCATION TEST; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STENOSIS; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 20444376601     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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