Acute coronary syndrome with ST-segment elevation in a patient with spontaneous dissection of the anterior descending coronary artery branch: Case report and review of the literature

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 408-414

  Karabinos, Ilias K ^a,b   Salahas, Anastasios ^a   Tavernarakis, Antonios ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Angiography; Myocardial ischaemia; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; RETEPLASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 21844475140     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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