Spontaneous dissection of left main coronary artery associated with hypertensive crisis: A probable fatal complication detected by intravascular ultrasound

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages e5-

  Iyisoy, Atila ^a   Agac, M Tarik ^b   Celik, Turgay ^a   Jata, Bekim ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Trabzon Numune Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypertensive crisis; Intravascular ultrasound; Left main coronary artery; Spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 75849147430     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.077     Document Type: Article

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