Pulmonary artery dilatation: An overlooked mechanism for angina pectoris

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 747-750

  Ginghina, Carmen ^a   Popescu, Bogdan A ^a   Enache, Roxana ^a   Ungureanu, Catalina ^a   Deleanu, Dan ^a   Platon, Pavel ^a  

^a Prof Dr C C Iliescu Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases   (Romania)

Author keywords

Angina; Extrinsic compression; Pulmonary artery dilatation; Stenting; The left main coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART MURMUR; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; STENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; STENTS;

EID: 55249103216     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3282f376bd     Document Type: Article

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