Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator for the treatment of ventricular fibrillation following coronary artery spasm: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-125

  Al Sayegh, Ali ^a   Shukkur, Abdul Mohammed ^a   Akbar, Moussa ^a  

^a Chest Diseases Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY STENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AMLODIPINE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33847017614     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319706295510     Document Type: Article

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