Left main coronary artery thrombus resulting from combined protein C and S deficiency

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 3041-3044

  Sayin, Muhammet R ^a   Akpinar, Ibrahim ^a   Karabag, Turgut ^a   Aydin, Mustafa ^a   Dogan, Sait M ^a   Cil, Cem ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Left main coronary artery thrombus; Protein C and S deficiency; Tirofiban

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; METOPROLOL; PERINDOPRIL; TIROFIBAN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; TYROSINE;

EID: 84869118929     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.8341     Document Type: Review

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