A case of acute coronary syndrome caused by extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery due to pulmonary hypertension

Journal of Cardiology Cases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Kawase, Tomoharu ^a   Ueda, Hironori ^a   Watanabe, Noriaki ^a   Motoda, Chikaaki ^a   Takeda, Ryo ^a   Mito, Shinji ^a   Tamekiyo, Hiromichi ^a   Otsuka, Masaya ^a   Okimoto, Tomokazu ^a   Toyofuku, Mamoru ^a   Hirao, Hidekazu ^a   Muraoka, Yuji ^a   Masaoka, Yoshiko ^a   Hayashi, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a TSUCHIYA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Interventional cardiology; Left main compression syndrome; Secondary pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649629119     PISSN: 18785409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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