Multivessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a postpartum woman treated with multiple drug-eluting stents

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 340-343

  Azzarelli, Salvatore ^a,b   Fiscella, Damiana ^a   Amico, Francesco ^a   Giacoppo, Michele ^a   Argentino, Vincenzo ^a   Fiscella, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug eluting stent; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUERPERIUM; SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; CARDIOVERSION; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 66149134776     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283276dee     Document Type: Article

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