Acute myocardial infarction in a patient with anomalous left coronary artery origin and primary antiphospholipid syndrome

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 214-217

  Okamoto, Ryuji ^a   Saito, Kimimasa ^b   Miyahara, Masatoshi ^b   Okamoto, Shinya ^b   Makino, Katsutoshi ^b   Hirano, Ryuji ^b   Kimura, Makoto ^b   Ohi, Tsutomu ^b   Kouji, Takakazu ^b   Isaka, Naoki ^a   Nakano, Takeshi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Matsusaka Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Congenital heat disease; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary vessel anomalies; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; WARFARIN;

EID: 6744226351     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.214     Document Type: Article

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