Eosinophilia and Coronary Artery Vasospasm

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 488-496

  Wong, Chi Wing ^a   Luis, Sushil ^a   Zeng, Irene ^a   Stewart, Ralph A H ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coronary arteritis; Coronary artery vasospasm; Eosinophilia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRATE; PREDNISONE; TROPONIN T; TRYPTASE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DESENSITIZATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MUSCLE CELL; NIGHT SWEAT; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STENT; STOMACH BIOPSY; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE;

EID: 56149101662     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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