Myocardial ischemia in cocaine-user with anomalous origin of the left circumflex coronary artery

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 613-618

  Alessandri, Nicola ^a   Di Matteo, A ^a   Petrassi, M ^a   Tufano, F ^a   Lanzi, L ^a   Fusco, L ^a   D'Ambrosi, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cocaine abuse; Coronary artery anomalies; MSCT; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; COCAINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DYSPNEA; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; LEFT CIRCUMFLEX CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955943516     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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