Acute stent thrombosis in a sirolimus eluting stent after wasp sting causing acute myocardial infarction: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Greif, Martin ^a   Pohl, Tilmann ^a   Oversohl, Nico ^a   Reithmann, Christopher ^a   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^a   Becker, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BISOPROLOL; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; MORPHINE; RAMIPRIL; RAPAMYCIN; SIMVASTATIN; TIROFIBAN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INSECT STING; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STENT THROMBOSIS; THORAX PAIN; WASP;

EID: 77953368277     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-7800     Document Type: Article

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