Total right coronary artery obstruction related to penetrating injuries of the thorax caused by gunshot

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 529-531

  Bayir, Ayşegül ^a   Soylu, Ahmet ^a   Kara, Hasan ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery occlusion; Pellet injury

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METOPROLOL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MISSILE WOUND; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX PENETRATING TRAUMA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY OCCLUSION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 35348906077     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.62.5.2023421     Document Type: Article

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