Early right coronary vasospasm presenting with malignant arrhythmias in a heart transplantation recipient without allograft vasculopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Pistono, M ^a   Brentana, L ^a   Gnemmi, M ^a   Imparato, A ^a   Temporelli, P L ^a   Zingarelli, E ^b   Patane F ^b   Giannuzzi, P ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary vasospasm; Heart transplantation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DILTIAZEM; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NITRATE; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CORONARY VASOSPASM; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 58149189974     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.07.078     Document Type: Article

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