Myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries: A condition with multiple etiology and variable prognosis;Infarto miocardico con arterie coronarie normali: Una condizione ad eziologia multipla e prognosi variabile

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 474-486

  Kardasz, Isabella ^a   De Caterina, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary vessels; Myocardial infarction; Myocarditis; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY EMBOLISM; AWARENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOPHILIA;

CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOPHILIA; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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