Are normal coronary arteries a typical feature of apical ballooning syndrome?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 965.e1-965.e4

  Huczek, Zenon ^a   Filipiak, Krzysztof J ^a   Kochman, Janusz ^a   Roik, Marek ^a   Piatkowski, Radoslaw ^a   Opolski, Grzegorz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; APICAL BALLOONING SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 52949103368     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.01.046     Document Type: Article

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