Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: An uncommon but dangerous condition

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 233-234

  Alpert, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NITRATE; PREDNISONE;

ARTERY DISSECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 5444226612     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-004-0068-x     Document Type: Editorial

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