Aborted sudden cardiac death in a 20-year-old man with slow coronary flow

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 427-429

  Amasyali, Basri ^a   Turhan, Hasan ^a   Kose, Sedat ^a   Celik, Turgay ^a   Iyisoy, Atila ^a   Kursaklioglu, Hurkan ^a   Isik, Ersoy ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Normal coronary artery; Slow coronary flow; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33646234458     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.06.044     Document Type: Article

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