Thyrotoxicosis with coronary spasm that required coronary artery bypass surgery

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 1915-1918

  Lee, Sang Min ^a   Jung, Tae Sik ^a   Hahm, Jong Ryeal ^a   Im, Sung Il ^a   Kim, Soo Kyoung ^a   Lee, Kyeong Ju ^a   Lee, Jae Min ^a   Chung, Soon Il ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angina; Coronary artery bypass; Coronary vasospasm; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; LUGOL; PROPRANOLOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THYROID CRISIS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROID CRISIS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 37549012150     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0472     Document Type: Article

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