Death from spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a healthy postmenopausal woman

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 176-177

  Zagelidou, Helen ^a,f   Leodari, Roubini ^a   Roupa, Zoi ^b   Maras, Dimitrios ^c   Sapountzi Krepia, Despina ^d   Terzis, Anastasios ^e  

^a Ministry of Justice Transparency and Human Rights   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^c RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e University of Thessaly School of Medicine   (Greece)

^f Department of Justice   (Greece)

Author keywords

Death; Spontaneous coronary dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERITIS; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC ARTERITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GREECE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTIMA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RARE DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ARTERITIS; CORONARY ANEURYSM; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 2542557524     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000127396.59458.03     Document Type: Article

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