Acute Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of the Right Coronary during Active Labor: A Clinical Report and Review of the Literature

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 260-268

  Pierre Louis, Bredy ^a   Singh, Parminder ^a   Frishman, William H ^a,b  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Gestation; Myocardial infarction; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; LABETALOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METOPROLOL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LABOR; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART INFARCTION; LABOR COMPLICATION; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TWINS;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CESAREAN SECTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TWINS;

EID: 56149089568     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CRD.0b013e3181827292     Document Type: Review

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