Myocardial infarction in children: Two interesting cases

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-83

  Suryawanshi, Suresh Punam ^a   Das, Braj ^a   Patnaik, Amar N ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Familial hypercholesterolemia; myocardial infarction; nephrotic syndrome; xanthomas

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FENOFIBRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NITRATE; ROSUVASTATIN; STEROID; TROPONIN T;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIURETIC THERAPY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCHOOL CHILD; XANTHOMA;

EID: 79955403711     PISSN: 09742069     EISSN: 09745149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.79633     Document Type: Article

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