Wegener's granulomatosis presenting with an acute ST-elevation myocardial infarct (STEMI) [5]

Rheumatology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 916-918

  Lazarus, Mark N ^a   Khurana, R ^a   Sethi, A S ^a   Naughton, M A ^a  

^a EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AKINESIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ATHEROMA; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY STENT; COUGHING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MALE; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; NONHUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNOVITIS; TONGUE ULCER; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33745584382     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel150     Document Type: Letter

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