Spontaneous dissection of the left coronary artery trunk during the postpartum period treated with revascularization surgery, ventricular assistance and a successful heart transplant [9]

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 960-961

  Paez M ^b   Buisan F ^a   Herrero, E ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA BALLOON; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART GRAFT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 34447338007     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01359.x     Document Type: Letter

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