Wellens' syndrome and other electrocardiographic changes in a patient with a left anterior descending artery subocclusion associated with a left main coronary artery subocclusion

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Patanè, Salvatore ^a   Marte, Filippo ^a  

^a Cardiologia Nuovo Presidio Ospedaliero Cutroni Zodda Barcellona PdG ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; LAD; LMCA disease

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY SUBOCCLUSION; LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY SUBOCCLUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX PAIN; WELLEN SYNDROME;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY OCCLUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 80052314922     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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