Coronary artery spasm-related acute coronary syndrome in patients with coexisting spasm of angiographically normal coronary artery and fixed narrowing of the remaining vessels

Angiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-160

  Yang, Ning I ^a   Hung, Ming Jui ^a,b   Cherng, Wen Jin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITRATE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34247622462     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707300350     Document Type: Article

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