Coronary vasospasm as an underlying etiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 600-601

  Takagi, Yusuke ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Iwaki Kyoritsu Gen Hosp   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; EDITORIAL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST;

CORONARY VASOSPASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST;

EID: 84874411985     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-13-0060     Document Type: Editorial

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