Coronary artery occlusion and myocardial infarction caused by vasospasm within a myocardial bridge

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Vales, Lori ^a   Kanei, Yumiko ^a   Fox, John ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY STENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; Q WAVE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STENTS;

EID: 77950543227     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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