Acute coronary syndromes in young patients with angiographically normal coronary arteries

American Heart Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 607-610

  Klein, Lloyd W ^a,b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Gottlieb Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SYNDROME;

EID: 33748699127     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.03.020     Document Type: Editorial

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