Usefulness of ultrasonography in carotid arteries and combined positron emission tomography/computed tomography for diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis with unusual presentation as acute myocardial infarction: A case report

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 317-324

  Miyagawa, Kotaro ^a   Shiraishi, Jun ^a   Nasu, Michitaka ^a   Torii, Sayuki ^a   Arihara, Masayasu ^a   Hyogo, Masayuki ^a   Yagi, Takakazu ^a   Shima, Takatomo ^a   Okada, Takashi ^a   Kohno, Yoshio ^a   Matsubara, Hiroaki ^b  

^a KYOTO FIRST RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Myocardial infarction, pathophysiology; Ultrasonic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38549093216     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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