Spontaneous multivessel coronary artery dissection in a young asymptomatic patient

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-127

  Rovner, Aleksandr ^a   Thanigaraj, Srihari ^a   Rogers, Joseph G ^a   Moazami, Nader ^a   Lasala, John M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HEPARIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; THALLIUM; THYROTROPIN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; PATIENT CARE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442521151     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2004.00360.x     Document Type: Review

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