Spontaneous coronary artery dissection seen in the postpartum period

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-271

  Turtay, Muhammet Gokhan ^b   Cansel, Mehmet ^a   Oguzturk, Hakan ^b   Yumrutepe, Sevgi ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiovascular pregnancy complications; Coronary disease; Dissecting aneurysm; Myocardial infarction; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACKACHE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PUERPERIUM; SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 77956415190     PISSN: 10249079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/102490791001700312     Document Type: Article

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