A case of vasospastic angina resulting from coronary emboli in patient with prosthetic valves

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 325-330

  Kosar, Feridun ^a   Gullu, Hakan ^a   Sahin, Ibrahim ^a   Acikgoz, Nusret ^a   Topal, Ergün ^a   Erdil, Nevzat ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary spasm; Prosthetic valve; Variant angina; Vasospastic angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; AORTA VALVE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMBOLISM; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 2442680799     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.45.325     Document Type: Article

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