Treatment of spontaneous left main coronary artery spasm with a drug-eluting stent

Acta Cardiologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-46

  Chou, Hsin Hua ^a   Lim, Kun Eng ^a   Ko, Yu Lin ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Drug eluting stent; Left main trunk spasm; Variant angina

Indexed keywords

'TAXUS'; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PACLITAXEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 66449103855     PISSN: 10116842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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