Acute myocardial infarction due to an acute type A aortic dissection involving the left main coronary artery

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 263-264

  Zegers, E S ^a   Gehlmann, H R ^a   Verheugt, F W A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aorta; Coronary artery (left main); Dissection; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVASCULARIZATION; ST SEGMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34848829548     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03085996     Document Type: Article

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