Sudden cardiac arrest and syncope triggered by coronary spasm

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-60

  Togashi, Ikuko ^a   Sato, Toshiaki ^b   Soejima, Kyoko ^c   Takatsuki, Seiji ^a   Miyoshi, Shunichiro ^a   Fukumoto, Kotaro ^a   Nishiyama, Nobuhiro ^a   Suzuki, Masaru ^a   Hori, Shingo ^a   Ogawa, Satoshi ^d   Fukuda, Keiichi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL TAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary spasm; Sudden cardiac arrest; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ADULT; AGE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT; SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCTURNAL ANGINA; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84873096024     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.05.055     Document Type: Article

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