The blue man: an unusual happy end of a spontaneous rupture of a coronary artery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1265-1267

  Moonen, Marie L ^a   Hanssen, Michel ^a   Radermecker, Marc A ^a   Lancellotti, Patrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contrast echo; Coronary artery; MDCT; Spontaneous rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FACE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX; THORAX PAIN;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; CYANOSIS; EMERGENCIES; FACE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SUTURES; THORAX;

EID: 55949100396     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.08.031     Document Type: Article

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