Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia induced by coronary vasospasm: A malignant case of variant angina

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 210-212

  Yuksel, Uygar Cagdas ^a   Celik, Turgay ^a   Iyisoy, Atila ^a   Kursaklioglu, Hürkan ^a   Amasyali, Basri ^a   Kose, Sedat ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary vasospasm; Variant angina; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VALSARTAN;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; CORONARY VASOSPASM; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 34548515745     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.087     Document Type: Article

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