Simultaneous total occlusion of multiple distal coronary arteries in acute myocardial infarction

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 622-624

  Song, Won Jun ^a   Koo, Ja Kyung ^a   Park, Kyoung Ha ^a   Kim, Min Kyu ^a   Choi, Young Jin ^a  

^a Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Multiple; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82055193595     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2011.41.10.622     Document Type: Article

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