ST-segment elevation in non-atherosclerotic coronaries: A brief overview

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-139

  Chandra, Subhash ^a   Singh, Vikas ^b   Nehra, Mahendra ^c   Agarwal, Dipti ^a   Singh, Nishit ^d  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Non atherosclerotic coronaries; ST segment elevation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVERSION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 79953029006     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-010-0491-5     Document Type: Review

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