Spontaneous dissections of coronary arteries and acute coronary syndromes: Rationale and design of the DISCOVERY, a multicenter prospective registry with a case-control group

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-99

  Fontanelli, Alessandro ^a   Olivari, Zoran ^b   La Vecchia, Luigi ^a   Basso, Cristina ^c   Pagliani, Leopoldo ^a   Marzocchi, Antonio ^d   Zonzin, Piero ^e   Vassanelli, Corrado ^f   Di Pede, Francesco ^g  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CA FONCELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e S MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary dissection; Young female patients

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LENS DISEASE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SEX; SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ITALY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 67650914246     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32830f45c7     Document Type: Article

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