Spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 801-808

  Vrints, Christian J M ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; STENTS;

EID: 77952599009     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.162073     Document Type: Article

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