Successful management of unremitting spasm of the nongrafted right coronary artery after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1649-1650

  Schena, Stefano ^a   Wildes, Troy ^a   Beardslee, Michael A ^a   Lasala, John M ^a   Damiano Jr , Ralph J ^a   Lawton, Jennifer S ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CLOPIDOGREL; DOBUTAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MILRINONE; NICARDIPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HUMAN; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; STENTS;

EID: 34249091789     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.01.073     Document Type: Article

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