Myocardial infarction in an adolescent: Anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the right coronary sinus in association with combined prothrombotic defects

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Koestenberger, Martin ^a   Nagel, Bert ^a   Gamillscheg, Andreas ^a   Temmel, Werner ^a   Cvirn, Gerhard ^a   Beitzke, Albrecht ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Coronary anomaly; Myocardial infarction; Prothrombotic defects

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; PROTEIN C; PROTHROMBIN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY SINUS; GENE MUTATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THROMBOPHILIA;

ADOLESCENT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBOPHILIA; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34547680294     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3181     Document Type: Article

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