Clinical manifestations of slow coronary flow from acute coronary syndrome to serious arrhythmias

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 462-468

  Wozakowska Kapłon, Beata ^a,b   Niedziela, Justyna ^a   Krzyzak, Paweł ^a   Stec, Sebastian ^c  

^a Swietokrzyskie Centre of Cardiology   (Poland)

^b JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Medical Centre for Postgraudate Education   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Arrhythmia; Slow coronary flow

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; AMLODIPINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CARVEDILOL; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATINE KINASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DYE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TROPONIN T; VERAPAMIL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PACEMAKER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPIROMETRY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349671789     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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