High incidence of provoked coronary spasm in the presence of a stent after myocardial infarction: Therapeutic and prognostic implications

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 141-145

  Katoh, Daisuke ^a,c   Mizuno, Yuji ^a   Harada, Eisaku ^a   Ito, Teruhiko ^a   Morikawa, Yoshinobu ^b   Nakagawa, Hitoshi ^b   Saito, Yoshihiko ^b   Yoshimura, Michihiro ^c   Yasue, Hirofumi ^a  

^a Kumamoto Kinoh Hospital   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; calcium channel blockers; coronary spasm; stent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY VASOSPASM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; STENTS;

EID: 84859641699     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: 14735830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e32835115ee     Document Type: Article

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