Acute non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction presented as occipital headache with impaired level of consciousness: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 627-630

  Korantzopoulos, Panagiotis ^a,b   Karanikis, Pavlos ^a,b   Pappa, Eugenia ^a,b   Dimitroula, Vasiliki ^a,b   Kountouris, Evaggelos ^a,b   Siogas, Konstantinos ^a,b  

^a G Hatzikosta General Hospital of Ioannina ^*

^b G HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; ENOXAPARIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL; TIROFIBAN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ST SEGMENT;

AGED; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 25644448796     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970505600516     Document Type: Article

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