Management of acute coronary syndrome in a case of Behçet's disease

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 715-718

  Ergelen, Mehmet ^a   Soylu, Ozer ^a   Uyarel, Huseyin ^a   Yildirim, Aydin ^a   Osmonov, Damirbek ^a   Orhan, Ahmet L ^a  

^a DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Left main coronary artery; Myocardial infarction; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; COLCHICINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; RAMIPRIL; STREPTOKINASE DERIVATIVE; TIROFIBAN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENITAL ULCER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 70449556285     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e32832f2af2     Document Type: Article

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