Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection and Associated CT Coronary Angiographic Findings: A Case Report and Review

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-130

  Dwyer, Nathan ^a   Galligan, Luke ^a   Harle, Robin ^a  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Computed tomography coronary angiography; Spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ENOXAPARIN; METOPROLOL; TIROFIBAN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947209721     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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