Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: Case report and review of literature

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-317

  Lodha, Ankur ^a   Mirsakov, Nina ^a   Malik, Bilal ^a   Shani, Jacob ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intravascular ultrasound; Myocardial infarction; Spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; REVIEW; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 63149179805     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318197b6be     Document Type: Article

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