Primary stenting in acute myocardial infarction secondary to right coronary artery dissection following blunt chest trauma. Usefulness of intracoronary ultrasound [1]

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-211

  Moreno, Raúl ^a   Del Todo, Jesús Pérez ^a   Nieto, Mercedes ^a   Alba, Francisco ^a   Alfonso, Fernando ^a   Garcia Rubira, Juan Carlos ^a   Fernández Ortiz, Antonio ^a   Hernández, Rosana ^a   Macaya, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ROOT; ARTERY DISSECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENTS; THORACIC INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 23244451779     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.06.021     Document Type: Letter

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