Vasospastic angina pectoris associated with Churg-Strauss syndrome

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 484-489

  Petrakopoulou, Paraskevi ^a   Franz, Wolfgang M ^a   Boekstegers, Peter ^a   Weis, Michael ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Churg Strauss syndrome; Corticosteroids; Cyclophosphamide; Eosinophils; Vasospastic angina pectoris

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BUDESONIDE; CLOPIDOGREL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRATE; QUINAPRIL; TRAPIDIL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NOSE POLYP; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RECURRENCE;

EID: 24044528575     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0299     Document Type: Article

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