Morphological findings in typical variant angina presenting as acute coronary syndrome using optical coherence tomography

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 491-500

  Park, Hwan Cheol ^a   Choi, Sung Il ^a   Lee, Jae Ung ^a   Kim, Soon Gil ^a   Shin, Jinho ^b   Kim, Hyun Joong ^c  

^a Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84885401354     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joic.12060     Document Type: Article

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