Isolated coronary vasculitis as a cause of unexpected sudden death

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 769-770

  Kedar, Rotem ^a   Eisen, Alon ^a   Dovrish, Zamir ^a   Hadari, Rutti ^a,b   Lew, Sylvia ^a   Amital, Howard ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery; Inflammation; Sudden death; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; ENALAPRIL; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS;

CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULITIS;

EID: 75449108158     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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