Acute left main coronary arterial thrombosis - A case series

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Klein, Andrew J ^a   Casserly, Ivan P ^a,b   Messenger, John C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass surgery; Left main coronary artery; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; EPTIFIBATIDE; HEPARIN; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA BALLOON; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SURVIVAL; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 48749119779     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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