Acute myocardial infarction with occlusion of all three main epicardial coronary arteries: When Mother Nature takes care more than physicians

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 222-225

  Monopoli, Daniel E ^a   Politi, Luigi ^a   Sgura, Fabio ^a   Rossi, Rosario ^a   Modena, Maria G ^a   Sangiorgi, Giuseppe M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collateral circulation; Conus artery; Stent thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; CLOPIDOGREL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT THROMBOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY OCCLUSION; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955630005     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-010-0011-6     Document Type: Article

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