Post-preeclampsia acute myocardial infarction during puerperium in a woman with normal coronary vessels

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-58

  Skoura, Ageliki ^a   Michaelides, Maria ^a   Trikas, Athanasios ^a,b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MASS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PUERPERIUM; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FACTOR V; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 41849137526     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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