Spontaneous healing of spontaneous coronary artery dissection: A case report

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Erdim, Refik ^a   Gormez, Selcuk ^a   Aytekin, Vedat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; HEPARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 48749117682     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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