Life-Threatening Coronary Artery Spasm Following Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Deployment

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1911-1912

  Wheatcroft, Stephen ^a   Byrne, Jonathan ^a   Thomas, Martyn ^a   MacCarthy, Philip ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BALLOON DILATATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTENOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIROLIMUS; STENTS;

EID: 33646194133     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.02.017     Document Type: Letter

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