Acute myocardial infarction from simultaneous total occlusion of the left circumflex and right coronary artery. A case report

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Derian, Wissam ^a   Hertsberg, Anna ^a  

^a ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Acute thrombosis; Coronary angiogram; Pan coronaritis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENOXAPARIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 34249314337     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.02.056     Document Type: Article

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