Acute myocardial infarction due to spontaneous dissection of the right coronary artery in a young male

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 536-537

  Papadopoulos, Dimitris P ^a   Moyssakis, Ioannis ^a   Perakis, Alexandros ^a   Athanasiou, Andreas ^a   Anagnostopoulou, Sophia ^b   Benos, Ioannis ^a   Votteas, Vassilios E ^a  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Right coronary artery; Spontaneous dissection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FLOW KINETICS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 4644244962     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0256-5     Document Type: Article

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