Assessing and Managing the Patient with Chest Pain Due to Cardiac Syndrome X, Cocaine Misuse and Herpes Zoster

Chest Pain: Advanced Assessment and Management Skills

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 234-255

  Albarran, John W ^a   Cox, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Cocaine misuse; Endothelium; Herpes zoster; Vessel dilatation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890974051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470775127.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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