Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: A report of two cases occurring during menstruation

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1181, 2003, Pages

  Slight, Robert D ^a   Behranwala, Ali Asgar ^a   Nzewi, Onyekwelu ^a   Sivaprakasam, Rajesh ^a   Brackenbury, Edward ^a   Mankad, Pankaj ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA BALLOON; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 26044483568     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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