Coronary stenting for coronary vasospasm refractory to medical therapy

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-382

  Burns, Andrew ^a,b   Malaiapan, Yuvaraj ^a   Meredith, Ian ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Angina; Prinzmetal

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; CLOPIDOGREL; DILTIAZEM; HEPARIN; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE-5-MONONITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STENOSIS; THORAX PAIN; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; STENT;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DILTIAZEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; STENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 35848961450     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21144     Document Type: Article

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