Spontaneous asymptomatic coronary artery dissection in a young man

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 499-502

  Shankarappa, Ravindranath Khandenahally ^a   Panneerselvam, Arunkumar ^a   Dwarakaprasad, Ramesh ^a   Karur, Satish ^a   Krishnanaik, Geetha Bachahally ^a   Nanjappa, Manjunath Cholenahally ^a  

^a SRI JAYADEVA INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary artery disease; Myocardial infarction; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; METOPROLOL; RAMIPRIL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PROVOCATION TEST; SILENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; ST SEGMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE; VASOSPASM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ASPIRIN; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK;

EID: 70450222337     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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