A case of the heart ruling the head: Acute myocardial infarction presenting with thunderclap headache

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 608-609

  Dalzell, Jonathan R ^a   Jackson, Colette E ^a   Robertson, Keith E ^a   McEntegart, Margaret B ^a   Hogg, Kerry J ^a  

^a West of Scotland Deanery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 67349269231     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.02.008     Document Type: Letter

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