Provoked Coronary Spasm and Acute Coronary Syndromes**Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 528-530

  Pepine, Carl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; ischemic heart disease; vasospasm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48649096061     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.03.065     Document Type: Editorial

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